by Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by Beth Krommes
*Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"One of those rare children's books that makes you look at the
physical world differently."
*Horn Book (starred review)
"Powerful, poetic . . . a success in every way."
"Reading it aloud at home will make the everyday fascinating."
*School Library Journal (starred review)
"Another first-rate volume from the author and illustrator of Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow."
*Kirkus (starred review)
"Exquisitely simple and memorable."