Between You and Me

Reviews / Votes

This successful marriage of word and image respects the internal feelings of the very young.The beginning of a beautiful friendship, lovingly depicted. - Kirkus Reviews

In a stirring picture book centering friendship, Sanders highlights the reassuring sentiments and moments that can exist between contrasting ideas. - Publishers Weekly

"A young child sees a new neighbor their age moving into a house across the street and takes steps to make...an enduring, empathetic companionship...A growth mindset is highlighted throughout. An uplifting picture book about all the seemingly small in-between moments that contribute to a momentous relationship." - Booklist

Over the course of the day, [the two friends] climb trees, talk through cups on a string, and frolic through a world created by their shared imaginations...both mundane and fantastic realms have a near-tangible texture that keep the characters rooted in their environment, whether they are exploring their backyard or outer space...Both an engaging group read-aloud and a book to prompt deeper discussion between a child and their grown-up. - School Library Journal

Sanders's lyrical text celebrates the in-between of opposing ideas: "Between yesterday and tomorrow...Today"...a friendship evolves through shared moments, big and small, "ordinary and magical." Figueroa's fanciful digital art expands on Sanders's imaginative text...Between Sanders's words and Figueroa's images-a reminder that there are wonders to observe in the gaps between one moment and the next. - Horn Book Magazine