Through the use of white space, limited colors, and sparce text—this emotional story depicts the emptiness a mother and daughter feel after a painful loss. Around the dinner table the child tells Ma about a passageway in their yard where she goes to the other side to meet up with their loved one in a gray hat. In this warm and safe place, she gets should rides, learns to swim, and plays with him. Ma listens signaling love and understanding. Later, they twirl in some sheets and visit this place together.

Author is an award-winning Argentinian. She is a 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee. She has won the ALIJA prize in Argentina three times and has had her work has been on the White Ravens list.

Argentina. Originally published in Spanish as Hay Dias by Calibroscopio Ediciones in 2021. English translation by Lawrence Schimel published in the United States by Amazon Crossing in 2020.

From an Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee comes a touching story of family, security, and loss.

A young girl tells her mother about a passageway in their yard. Down this passageway, it is not cold, there is no danger, and nothing bad can ever happen--and the person she longs for is with her again. The only problem is that, on some days, the passageway is not there. But maybe, together, mother and daughter can find a way to carry that feeling with them always.

First published in Argentina, this lovely picture book will tug on the heartstrings of anyone who knows what it means to miss a loved one.