A Walk in the Woods

by Nikki Grimes

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes his understanding of his father.

week after the funeral
I stare in the morning mirror
Angry that my father's eyes
Stare back at me.

Confused and distraught after the death of his father, a boy opens an envelope he left behind and is surprised to find a map of the woods beyond their house, with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823449653
• ISBN13: 9780823449651
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Neal Porter Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3