Your Island (Board)

There are books you read to children, and then there are books you enter. Jon Klassen's YOUR ISLAND is the second kind. With just a handful of images and the gentlest, most unhurried rhythm imaginable, it builds a whole small world: a sun, a palm tree, a tent, a fire, a boat, a bird. An island that belongs entirely to your child, ready whenever they want to go there. We fell completely in love with it the moment we opened it.

We love it because:

• The language is so simple and so beautifully spare that even very young children can follow along, and grown-ups will find themselves reading it slowly, properly, for the pleasure of it.
• Jon Klassen's illustrations carry his unmistakable stamp, with those quiet, peculiar touches of whimsy that make his work feel like nothing else on the shelves.
• The rhythm makes it one of the loveliest books to read aloud at bedtime, building a world piece by piece in the cosiest possible way.
• It's the first imaginary place that is entirely theirs, a gentle introduction to fantasy and storytelling that will stay with them.
• One of a trio of new board books from Klassen, each one a little world of its own.

What's in the box:

• YOUR ISLAND board book by Jon Klassen
• 24 pages, full colour illustrations
• Published by Walker Books

Great for:

• Ages 0 and up (honestly, there is no upper limit)
• Bedtime reading and quiet moments
• Baby gifts, new sibling gifts, christening gifts
• Building early love of books, imaginative play, and storytelling

Important to know:

• Format: Hardback board book
• Dimensions: 13.3 x 17.8 cm
• ISBN: 9781529526851
• Published: April 2025
• Full colour illustrations throughout
• Board book construction, suitable from birth