By Mary Casanova
University of Minnesota Press $14.95
With lyrical language and elegant woodcut prints by Nick Wroblewski of Wisconsin, “Wake Up, Island” celebrates the waking natural world on a North Woods island. While a sleepy child is gently roused awake, life outside is already buzzing with activity. A squirrel chatters, mallards swim, pine trees stretch their limbs, a doe and fawn rise from their grass bed and a black bear lazily scratches her back against a tree. This book reminds all readers to greet every day with a smile and sense of wonder.—Breana Roy
