Together with You

Cozy companionship marks Toht’s warmhearted tale of a loving intergenerational relationship throughout the year. Dropped off by two adults—one brown-skinned, one pink-skinned—a child cued as biracial extends arms to a white-presenting, gray-haired elder eager to reciprocate the embrace. Rendered in rhyming first-person narration, the child’s close observations detail contented awareness of the duo’s seasonal activities. In the rainy springtime, “I fasten the snaps of my yellow raincoat. You slip on your green mackintosh”; in the summer heat, “I take a sweet taste of a chilly ice pop; your favorite is cool lemonade.” Via jewel tones and layered scenes, Jarvis’s loosely rendered digital illustrations depict trust, joy, and gratification, adding loving visuals to this gentle read that soothes like a hug. “For no matter the weather,/ whatever we do,/ every day’s better...// together with you.” Ages 3–7. (Feb.)