Émilie Chazerand – författare

Celebrate what makes being together special in this lively, touching ode to community and friendship featuring clever die-cuts to peek through.Chosen by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama to share at a preschool’s storytime read-aloud, Alone & Together is a joyful picture book about feelings. It explores why we need each other—our friends, families, neighbors, and communities—while also gently reassuring children that being alone is powerful, too.Charming art and clever peek-through die-cuts reveal surprising transformations with each page turn. Alone & Together teaches young readers that individual contributions combined with community cooperation make anything possible!Alone, we are strong / Together, we are invincibleAlone, we grow / Together, we flourish

Celebrate first milestones—big and little—in this lively, touching picture book featuring clever die-cuts to peek through, from the same creative team behind Alone & TogetherThe very first time I traveled . . . was through the pages of a book.The first time I counted to 98 . . . was when I caught chicken pox.And the very first time I felt like a grown-up . . . was when I became a big brother!The spare text in this joyful picture book explores a collection of first times—first blush, first winter, first love—only to reveal the surprising reason behind each little milestone. The reader might expect a sad outcome from the scene about a “first goodbye” featuring a little girl and her dog, but the only farewell is to their unruly hair when they get matching haircuts! Charming art and clever peek-through die-cuts reveal unexpected transformations—funny, poignant, silly, sweet—after each page turn. This delightfully poetic picture book explores life’s many small but profoundly significant first experiences, each worthy of celebration.