Forever or a Day

What does time mean to you? Sometimes it feels like it could last FOREVER OR A DAY.
This gorgeous picture book is a conversation between parent and child across the course of a single day. Inviting comparisons to All the Wonderful Things You Will Be, I Wish You More, and Love, this celebration of cherished moments with loved ones is at once simple, profound, and truly beautiful.

In a poignant conversation, as elegant as a poem and as perfectly paced as a mystery, an unassuming narrator charts the course of a single day by interrogating the elastic nature of time through a series of questions and comparisons that reflect both a parent's and a child's perspective: Those seconds that count in catching the bus. The idyllic hours that slip by so quickly during a perfect day on the lake. The summer days that disappear into blissful happiness. Inviting comparisons to Virginia Lee Burton and Margaret Wise Brown, this book's musings on time are at once simple, peaceful and profound-the work of a truly genius picture book maker.

Praise for Forever or a Day

“Sarah Jacoby's ethereal exploration of time rushes like a passing train, shimmers like a setting sun and allows us, just for a moment, to appreciate the beauty of standing still.”
- Sophie Blackall, Caldecott Medal-winning and New York Times-bestselling illustrator of Finding Winnie

“This book about time feels timeless. On each page I was transfixed by its enchanting images and poetic prose.”
-Lane Smith, Caldecott Honor-winning creator of
Grandpa Green and It's a Book