What the road said

Title:

What the road said

Author:

Wade, Cleo, author.

ISBN:

9781250269492

Physical Description:

34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Summary:

"I said to the Road, Where do you lead? The Road said, Be a leader and find out. It's okay to be afraid or to sometimes wander down the wrong path. What the Road Said encourages us to lead with kindness and purpose and remember that the most important thing we can do in life is to keep going."--Provided by publisher.

Genre:

Allegories. (OCoLC)fst01726523

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637

Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789

Picture books.

Allegories.

Subject:

Fear -- Juvenile fiction.

Kindness -- Juvenile fiction.

Persistence -- Juvenile fiction.

Leadership -- Juvenile fiction.

Kindness -- Fiction.

Perseverance (Ethics) -- Fiction.

Persistance -- Fiction.

Picture books

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings.

Fear

Kindness.

Leadership

Persistence.

Perseverance -- Juvenile fiction.

Courage -- Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.

Perseverance -- Fiction.

Courage -- Fiction.

Conduct of life -- Fiction.

Allegories.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Picture books.

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Summary

What the Road Said is the New York Times -bestselling comforting and uplifting picture book from bestselling poet and activist Cleo Wade.

Which way do I go?
That is your choice to make,
said the Road.

But what if I go the wrong way?
The Road curved a little,
almost as if it was giving me a hug, and said,
Do not worry. Sometimes we go the wrong way on our
way to the right way.

It's okay to be afraid or to sometimes wander down the wrong path. Bestselling poet and activist Cleo Wade's What the Road Said features illustrations by Lucie de Moyencourt and encourages us to lead with kindness and curiosity, remembering that the most important thing we can do in life is to keep going.

Author Notes

Cleo Wade is a friend, community builder, and the author of the bestselling books, Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life, Where to Begin: A small book your power to create big change, and Heart Talk: The Journal, 52 weeks of self-love, self-care, and self-discovery. She has been called the poet of her generation by Time Magazine and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company. Cleo sits on the board of The Lower East Side Girls Club, the National Black Theatre in Harlem, the Women's Prison Association. When Cleo is not at home in California with her partner, Simon Kinberg, and their daughter, Memphis, she can be found traveling around the country on her sold-out book tours, which have become a safe space to laugh, cry, hug, and offer support to fellow readers.

Lucie de Moyencourt was born in Paris and grew up in South Africa, where she works as an architect, set designer, illustrator and painter. What the Road Said is her first book.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The road is not only a metaphor for life's journey in this meditative picture book but also a supportive and wise friend accompanying readers on their individual paths. A young narrator wonders if there is "something more... something just.../ different" before happening upon a new road and asking where it leads. The road responds, "Be a leader and find out." Thus begins a conversation between the two that results in encouraging, confident answers to questions such as, "What if I get lost?" "What if I get lonely?" and "What if the world around us is filled with hate?" Alongside de Moyencourt's vividly colored, bucolic scenes of the natural world, accessible language and a heartfelt tone make this a meta guide for a broad range of readers finding their way to their future. Ages 6--10. (Mar.)

Kirkus Review

From an artist, poet, and Instagram celebrity, a pep talk for all who question where a new road might lead. Opening by asking readers, "Have you ever wanted to go in a different direction," the unnamed narrator describes having such a feeling and then witnessing the appearance of a new road "almost as if it were magic." "Where do you lead?" the narrator asks. The Road's twice-iterated response--"Be a leader and find out"--bookends a dialogue in which a traveler's anxieties are answered by platitudes. "What if I fall?" worries the narrator in a stylized, faux hand-lettered type Wade's Instagram followers will recognize. The Road's dialogue and the narration are set in a chunky, sans-serif type with no quotation marks, so the one flows into the other confusingly. "Everyone falls at some point, said the Road. / But I will always be there when you land." Narrator: "What if the world around us is filled with hate?" Road: "Lead it to love." Narrator: "What if I feel stuck?" Road: "Keep going." De Moyencourt illustrates this colloquy with luminous scenes of a small, brown-skinned child, face turned away from viewers so all they see is a mop of blond curls. The child steps into an urban mural, walks along a winding country road through broad rural landscapes and scary woods, climbs a rugged metaphorical mountain, then comes to stand at last, Little Prince--like, on a tiny blue and green planet. Wade's closing claim that her message isn't meant just for children is likely superfluous…in fact, forget the just. Inspiration, shrink wrapped. (Picture book. 6-8, adult) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.