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Dawn
Hardback

Dawn

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With gorgeous artwork and a spare text, an award-winning picture-book creator gently celebrates the natural world through the lens of a sunrise.

As the sun slowly rises, many things happen in a small window of time. The world comes alive with the actions of animals, plants, clouds, and sky. A deer drinks, an owl wakes, a dandelion shimmers in the light. A ladybug climbs, a fish jumps, birds call in a chorus. Geese fly away in formation. A flower blooms. Beautifully illustrated with glowing imagery and written with a charming simplicity holding appeal for new readers, Marc Martin’s ode to the slow-blooming beauty of a sunrise and the life that unfolds in its radiance narrows the lens to show the wonder of time passing.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 September 2025
Pages
48
ISBN
9781529527346

With gorgeous artwork and a spare text, an award-winning picture-book creator gently celebrates the natural world through the lens of a sunrise.

As the sun slowly rises, many things happen in a small window of time. The world comes alive with the actions of animals, plants, clouds, and sky. A deer drinks, an owl wakes, a dandelion shimmers in the light. A ladybug climbs, a fish jumps, birds call in a chorus. Geese fly away in formation. A flower blooms. Beautifully illustrated with glowing imagery and written with a charming simplicity holding appeal for new readers, Marc Martin’s ode to the slow-blooming beauty of a sunrise and the life that unfolds in its radiance narrows the lens to show the wonder of time passing.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 September 2025
Pages
48
ISBN
9781529527346
 
Book Review

Dawn
by Marc Martin

by Tamuz Ellazam, Aug 2025

Contrary to its name, Dawn is the book you’ll reach for at bedtime, with an engaging, rhythmic pace that will soothe even the most restless. From the first peek of a watercolour sunrise, go on a gently rhyming journey through nature as sunlight illuminates the morning routines of the forest-dwelling animal kingdom. With precise language, Marc Martin’s stunning watercolour illustrations come alive with vibrant motion, from the animation-style blossoming of flowers or the balletic leap of a frog to breathtaking full-page natural vistas. 

Teaching little ones about bugs, birds, fish and other forest creatures, Dawn is also a wonderful early reading title, with a maximum of four words per page and some great opportunities for vocabulary extension. So here’s to your new favourite book, which will ensure the little ones won’t be awake ’til dawn, but will instead be lulled into peaceful dreams, and be keen to explore nature in the morning. For ages 3+.