Sunday Week

With charm and grace, this celebratory picture book takes young readers through the daily chores and activities of each weekday -- from hanging out the wash to jumping Double Dutch -- all in anticipation of Sunday. Once this special day finally arrives, it is filled with prayer, song and dance, savory food, storytelling, country drives, and most of all, family warmth and cheer.

Dinah Johnson is the author of All Around Town: The Photographs of Richard Samuel Roberts, which Booklist called "eloquent" in a boxed review. She is a professor of English and Children's Literature at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Where Ms. Johnson lives, "Sunday week" means "a week from Sunday."