Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Copyright Date: 2024

Edition Date: 2024 Release Date: 03/12/24

Illustrator: Engel, Tonya,

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 1-534-46201-5

ISBN 13: 978-1-534-46201-4

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2019029357

Dimensions: 29 cm

Subject Heading:
African American women. Juvenile fiction.
Women and the sea. Juvenile fiction.
Spring. Religious aspects. Juvenile fiction.
African Americans. Fiction.
Mothers and daughters. Fiction.
Ocean. Fiction.
Spring. Fiction.
New York (N.Y.). Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.). Fiction.

Language: English

Reading Level: 2.0

Interest Level: K-3

Guided Reading Level: M

Fountas & Pinnell: M

A 2024 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book

A family goes on a trip from the city to the sea in search of renewal in this “lively and lovely…beautiful” (Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming) picture book that’s an ode to sisterhood, nature, and being present.

On the first day of spring, when the city is quiet and still, little Yaya takes the A train down to New York City’s southern shores with her mama and aunties to greet Mama Ocean and celebrate the arrival of a new season through a ritual of letting go of the past and embracing the new.