I love nachos the way the salty chips crunch while you take a bite. The gooy cheese on top that melts. Spicy tomato salsa that burns your lips. The warm hamburger that sits in the middle. The spikey shredded letuce. With cool sour cream. With green guacamole.

– Sona Parker

Forever Tomorrow It’s Not

Forever Tomorrow It’s Not is a book full of creatures. From dinosaurs to bees to “bass to breams” (“If Heaven Had a Fishing Hole”), these authors encounter their surroundings with gratitude and awe. But it’s not all rainbows and nachos—these writings explore complex family dynamics, cyclicality, and the power of one’s origins. This book will transport you to a beach where “Sunshine gently blows fresh air to blow the fog away” (“Beautiful Sunshine”) and to snowy landscapes: “I see snow falling from my window / It is definitely not a meadow!” (“I See Snow”). On sports fields and in art rooms, maybe all it takes to create a masterpiece is to “expand my horizon” (“My Beautiful Painting’’).

 

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