Books of Wonder

A Door Is to Open

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$9.49 $18.99 In stock

Category: Signed Books

Signed BOOKPLATE available!

Welcome through the doorway of this picture book . . . about doors! From a Caldecott Honor author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes a celebration of entrances, thresholds and portals — and all the endless possibilities they can lead to!

Some doors may give you a nervous, fizzy feeling . . . and also make you glad you came.

There are so many kinds of doors: swinging doors and sliding doors, screen doors for feeling the night air, revolving doors for going around and around. Doors that open into . . . anything you can imagine! A birthday party, a shipwreck on the salty sea floor, a fairy's tiny home, a slide into a room full of pillows! Or even the fantastical future ahead. Where will the doorway of this picture book lead? The only way to find out is to turn the page and go through . . .

In a playful ode to Ruth Krauss's A Hole Is to Dig and Remy Charlip's essay A Page Is a Door, this imagination-sparking picture book from an award-winning duo will be welcomed by anyone who is entering a new phase of life — and invites readers of all ages to embrace the marvelous possibilities that wait for them behind every new door.

Includes a beautiful foldout page and textured spine.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Jacob C. ★★★★★

This arrived with the signed bookplate carefully tucked inside, which felt like unwrapping a little gift just for my kid. The door theme is so clever and playful, and my four-year-old kept pointing out each new one as we turned the pages. We've already read it three nights in a row, and I don't see

William ★★★★★

The illustrations are genuinely stunning—my kid kept flipping back to the door on the last page just to trace the lines. It’s the kind of book that feels like a tiny art exhibit every time we read it, and the signed bookplate made it feel extra special for our shelf.

Miles A. ★★★★★

The illustrations are absolutely stunning—I caught myself staring at each page long before reading the words. My kid loves guessing what’s behind every door, and the Caldecott-level art makes it feel like a mini gallery at bedtime.