Finding Fire

{From the 2023 Christmas Newsprint Magazine}

Written by Megin Potter  |  Photos provided

Before learning how to make fire, we had to find it. 

In Logan Scott Kline’s compelling debut children’s book, Finding Fire (2022), children ages 3 to 7, thrill and delight in the wonder of adventure. 

A Where the Wild Things Are meets Huck Finn-style romp, this 40-page story celebrates companionship, kindness, and bravery in a nearly wordless format. 

Drawn with cinematic ingenuity, Kline’s illustrations of a child embarking alone on an epic journey through the prehistoric wilderness is told with expressive postures and depictive environments.  Using his own explorations into nature as inspiration, Kline also consulted an anthropologist for accuracy while creating this tale, that is newly illuminated by the viewer’s own discoveries each time it is shared.

“It’s been a delightful surprise to hear that readers have a different interpretation and experience every time they read it,” said Kline.

Finding Fire was named to the Best Children’s Book 2022 List by The Wall Street Journal and is the first in a trilogy to be published by Candlewick Press. Kline, a high school art teacher, has also had work published in The Boxcar Children series and in several magazines, including Highlights, Ladybug, and Cricket. 

Traverse the outdoors while experiencing literature with a free 30-minute Finding Fire story-walk, established by Kline’s wife, Stephentown Memorial Library Director, Kim Roppolo, through the dynamic Corkscrew Rail Trail, Wyomanock Road, Stephentown. 

Finding Fire can be found at bookstores including Braveheart Books & Bazaar, 874 State Route 43, Stephentown Center. 

Find more  information online at loganskline.com/findingfire