Name: Where the Deer Slip Through
ISBN: 9781665918275

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

A Day in Nature

A sunrise-to-moonrise picture book lets a small farm come alive through passing wildlife.

Come here for

A gentle wildlife-filled journey from dawn toward moonrise
The small, vivid details of a woodland farm

Expect

Cumulative verse with animals slipping through a hedge gap
Scratchboard illustrations by Beth Krommes

Book Details

Authors: Katey Howes
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Published: June 3, 2025
Format: Hardcover
Theme: JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Trees & Forests · Environment & Conservation
Reading lane: JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Trees & Forests

Affinity

Publisher Categories

Deer, Moose & Caribou
Imagination & Play
Stories in Verse

About This Book

Two starred reviews! “A visual and auditory delight.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Discover the wonder that wildlife brings to a small woodland farm in this “atmospheric…lilting” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) cumulative picture book with stunning scratchboard illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes. This is the hedge that grew and grew. The wall of stone a bit askew. This is the gap where the deer slip through, when the sky is still more pink than blu...

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Two starred reviews! “A visual and auditory delight.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Discover the wonder that wildlife brings to a small woodland farm in this “atmospheric…lilting” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) cumulative picture book with stunning scratchboard illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes. This is the hedge that grew and grew. The wall of stone a bit askew. This is the gap where the deer slip through, when the sky is still more pink than blue… Throughout the course of a beautiful summer day, from sunrise to moonrise, a host of animals find their way through a gap in the hedge, bringing the farm to life.