Dawn: Watch the World Awaken

With gorgeous artwork and a spare text, an award-winning picture-book creator gently celebrates the natural world through the lens of a sunrise.

As the sun slowly rises, many things happen in a small window of time. The world comes alive with the actions of animals, plants, clouds, and sky. A deer drinks, an owl wakes, a dandelion shimmers in the light. A ladybug climbs, a fish jumps, birds call in a chorus. Geese fly away in formation. A flower blooms. Beautifully illustrated with glowing imagery and written with a charming simplicity holding appeal for new readers, Marc Martin's ode to the slow-blooming beauty of a sunrise and the life that unfolds in its radiance narrows the lens to show the wonder of time passing.

Author: Marc Martin
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Studio
Published: 07/29/2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 11.50h x 10.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781536232400