A Career in Books is a modern ode to Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything

The emotion

"The story is written from the boy's first-person perspective

with wondrous art

Berry Song Rick Delucco A Career in Books isA Caldecott Honor Book! An Indie Bestseller! Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders. On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in the forest, a world of berries. Salmonberry, Cloudberry, Blueberry, Nagoonberry.