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hello!

Matthew Cordell

A girl helps her technology-loving family rediscover the beauty of nature​ in this book by Caldecott Award-winner Matthew Cordell.

Outside the world is bright and colorful, but Lydia's family is too busy with their gadgets to notice. She says Hello to everyone. Hello? Hello! Her father says hello while texting, her mother says hello while working on her laptop and her brother doesn't say hello at all. The T.V shouts Hello! But she doesn't want to watch any shows. Lydia, now restless, ventures outside. There are so many things to say hello to! Hello rocks! Hello leaves! Hello flowers! When Lydia comes back home she decides to show her family what she has found, and it's hello world and goodbye gadgets!

Book Details

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Publish Date: Oct 30th, 2012
  • Pages: 56
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.41in - 9.57in - 0.45in - 0.82lb
  • EAN: 9781423159063
  • Recommended age: 03-05
  • Categories: Social Themes - General (see also headings under Family)Family - General (see also headings under Social Themes)Science & Nature - General

About the Author

Matthew Cordell is the author and illustrator of many celebrated picture books, including Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers, and Wolf in the Snow, recipient of the 2018 Caldecott Medal. As an illustrator he has collaborated with many more authors including Gail Carson Levine, Philip C. Stead, and Rebecca Kai Dotlich. Matthew lives with his wife, author Julie Halpern, and their two children in suburban Chicago.

Praise for this book

Praise for hello! hello!: A BookPage Best Children's BookA New York Times NotableYoung Hoosier Book Award Master List