![]() ![]() ![]() Under Robinson’s broad gaze, everything in the cosmos has a part to play: whether a massive asteroid blazing Earthward (“If you fall down”) or the planet, revived, spinning serenely in space (“If you have to start all over again”), “You matter.” Human concerns recede in geological time, then come into focus as a brown-skinned astronaut orbits Earth while holding a photo of a child. ![]() Early sea life darts beneath a blue wave, small quadrupeds emerge from the ocean, dinosaurs appear. History flashes by in gently comic collages made with blocky forms and bold paint strokes. Simple and heartfelt, the refrain of Caldecott Honoree Robinson’s poem speaks directly to readers: “You matter.” In a neat rhetorical twist, the line also refers to the Earth itself, whose evolutionary ![]()
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