From the award-winning author of Outside, You Notice comes another nature inspired journey. In lyrical text, celebrate the outdoors in Fall and Winter by pairing childlike curiosity with facts about the natural world.

Book Synopsis

If you go walking, / You might collect berries, / Or pebbles, / Or wildflowers. / I collect questions.

Time spent in the outdoors during Fall and Winter stirs a child's curiosity. In If You Go Walking, a thoughtful thread of questions (How do seeds know not to grow until spring?) invites young readers to explore the world around them with wonder. In nature, questions are everywhere, and answers can be too, if you know the right places to look.

Author Erin Alladin invites young readers to think deeply in this lyrical nonfiction text, celebrating children's curiosity about the world around them. Illustrator Miki Sato's textural collage art recreates the wonder of the outdoors in paper, felt, and embroidery silk, creating masterpieces that invite readers to look again and again.

Review Quotes

Praise for If You Go Walking

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"A heartfelt paean to proto-scientists and everything left in this world for them to discover."--Kirkus Reviews

"It's a nice lyrical way of telling these stories.... and it's loaded with lots of good STEM content"--Fuse 8, Betsy Bird

"Leaping visually across seasons from spring to the end of a snowy winter, it's a thoughtful tribute to the power of observation."--Publishers Weekly

"Illustrator Miki Sato has used a variety of different textures and materials so that a reader feels they are looking outside at what is truly happening in the real world."--Puget Sound Council for Reviewing Children's and Young Adult Literature

"This book multitasks as both a charming read-aloud and an empowering jumping off point for real science for young thinkers."--Youth Services Book Review

"I love the way it encourages readers to ask questions based on what they observe and the illustrations on this one are an absolutely amazing." --Picturebook Playdate IG

"The collage illustration style is especially effective, and I loved how fabric was used for clothing and real feathers make the birds look delightfully fluffy!"--YA Books Central

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 10.25 Inches (H) x 9.4 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)

Weight: .95 Pounds

Suggested Age: 4-7 Years

Number of Pages: 32

Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction

Sub-Genre: Science & Nature

Publisher: Pajama Press

Theme: General

Format: Hardcover

Author: Erin Alladin

Language: English

Street Date: November 25, 2025

TCIN: 94568389

UPC: 9781772783513

Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-6337

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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