I Am the Mountain

Description: A mountain introduces itself to young visitors through all five senses in this vibrant watercolor book of seasons.

Meet the narrator of this book: the mountain. It's cold and windy up here, so you might want to shut your eyes; you don't need them to see the mountain best, anyway.

Stay with the mountain for all four seasons, and you can truly get to know it. See the mountain with your hands in the winter, digging in the snow. With your nose in the spring, breathing in the rain and mud. With your ears in the summer, when the birds caw caw and thunder booms, and in autumn, with your tongue, biting into sweet apples and earthy mushrooms.

Steven Weinberg brings his acclaimed watercolor painting together with his award-winning writing for children in this immersive, electric ode to the wild world.

Review Quotes: Gorgeous watercolors evoke sensations and seasons. . . . This mountain has a knack for a poetic turn of phrase, conveyed through Weinberg's immersive prose. . . . Weinberg's lush illustrations vary from thick clumps of floral colors to all-engulfing washes of misty gray. . . . A stunning achievement, inducing justified awe.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

[A] serene and arresting picture book. . . . a profoundly layered narrative that practices what it preaches, urging readers to slow down, attend with every sense, and appreciate the myriad ways a terrain's riches reveal themselves.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

An expansively beautiful book to inspire creative art and writing ­projects.
--School Library Journal