PreSchool-The wind, described as a mischievous child, is up to all sorts of benign and amusing tricks. "The wind can skim sailboats across a pond/or take a kite up higher and higher/or set a windmill spinning with a finger flick." Kirk's double-page illustrations convey motion, allowing readers to see and sense the force that plays with autumn leaves, rattles the clothesline, and kicks newspapers along city streets. The oil paintings are rather stylized and simplified, but encourage careful examination. This personification of wind will be fascinating to youngsters and a boon to creative teachers or librarians.
Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, VA
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Ages 4-6. Brimming with whimsy, this story of the wind and how it dances and darts through the world will capture the imagination of little ones. Cast in the form of a mischievous boy, the wind skims the water so that toy boats can sail and sends windmills spinning with a flick of his finger. One especially nice spread shows the wind playing in a pile of leaves that scatter here and there at his touch; another features the transparent wind-boy kicking newspapers down a city street. Kirk's oil paintings combine a 1930s style with a modern airbrushed look that's eye-catchingly fresh. The text is simple but effective. Kids and their parents will be glad to see this on the library shelves. Ilene Cooper
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