Outside In

Deborah Underwood, a New York Times best-selling author best known for The Quiet Book, turns her attention to the outdoors in this picture book about how nature shapes daily life, including for children who spend most of their time indoors. The book is written for emerging readers and is also useful for homeschooling, especially for discussing how everything in the world is connected.

The text describes the outdoors as a patient playmate, a generous friend, and a clever inventor. Its rhythmic, poetic language explains how the world is made and how the outside world reaches into homes, apartments, and cars to help and heal people. Along the way, it reminds readers that they belong to something much larger than themselves.

Emotive illustrations convey the beauty, simplicity, and wonder waiting outside.