What's New, Daniel?

Ages 3 to 6, Grades K And Under

Caldecott Honor winner Micha Archer’s gloriously detailed collages invite readers into Daniel’s blossoming world, encouraging them to appreciate all the wonderful new things in their own lives, big and small.

"What’s new?" We casually say this to each other all the time, but when Daniel’s grandpa asks him this question, Daniel’s curiosity is sparked and he’s determined to really find out! And there is so much new stuff to report on, since their local park is brimming with spring life. Birds have reappeared from their winter journeys, ducklings are hatching, and polliwogs are growing long legs—just like Daniel!

About the Author

Micha Archer (michaarcher.com) wrote and illustrated the Caldecott Honor winner Wonder Walkers, as well as the Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Daniel Finds a Poem and its companion, Daniel’s Good Day, and has also illustrated several other picture books, including Girl Running (by Annette Bay Pimentel). Micha works in oil and collage on paper she creates with homemade stamps and layered tissue paper. She comes from a long line of artists and teachers and taught for many years in a kindergarten. Micha lives in west­ern Massachusetts in the house she and her husband built, surrounded by gardens and forests to roam in.

Author Residence: Leverett, Massachusetts, and Costa Rica