March 1956, Mad Bay, Ketchikan, Alaska. A baby is born. Through the skylights, keyholes, magnifying glasses, we look at the surrounding world through his eyes. Moving from the infinitely small to the infinitely large – from a bug wiggling under a magnifying glass to the stars shimmering in a telescope's lens, from a seaplane flying overhead to a shuttle traversing the expanse of the Universe – we observe how he grows, makes discoveries, dreams of space, loses a loved one, finds love, crosses the atmosphere, raises a son, experiences separation, and returns to his childhood home. A human life unfolds before us, simple and grand.
In 2019, Tom Ogum's book "Through" received the BolognaRagazzi Award at the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna and the Talking Picture Award at the New York Book Fair.
