Suzanne Kaufman is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of the All Are Welcome series. She is also the illustrator of Take Your Pet to School Day, 100 Bugs!, and Samanthasaurus Rex, and is the author and illustrator of A Friend for Ghost and Confiscated! She is the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship, a Washington State Book Award, Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year honors, Notable Books for a Global Society honors, a Mathical Honor award, and more. When she's not working in her studio, you can find her adventuring in search of her own Blue. She welcomes you to visit her at suzannekaufman.com.

"A lovely celebration of the natural world and a child's dreamlike place in it."--Horn Book

"Kaufman's immersive art will captivate young readers, and her gentle tale is particularly good for bedtime reading.... Blue will leave young readers with a newfound appreciation for and curiosity about blue herons and their watery worlds and a desire to fly away with their own feathery friend."--BookPage

"A meditative wish-fulfillment fantasy that leans into both adventure and security."--Publishers Weekly

"A stirring delight, ­recommended for all ­collections."--School Library Journal

* "[Kaufman's] compositions are masterful, with whimsically sketchy sun-dappled daytime vignettes of the friends in the fizzy surf contrasting with ethereal, star-studded double-page spreads that feel appropriately endless. A whimsical, luminous romp."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A whimsical wish-fulfillment tale for any child whose loves loom larger than life."--Booklist

Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books

Pub date: 2025-06-03

Length: 42 pages