Review: Inspiring story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
I Will Fly is the story of a fish named Joel who watches the birds fly through the air above him, and wishes that he could join them.  Of course Joel can't fly because he's a fish, but that doesn't stop him from wishing, and concentrating, and believing, until one day Joel grows wings and joins the birds in the sky.But what would happen when a fish leaves his natural environment for too long?  Joel must return home or he will suffocate out in the open air.Elan Ezra hasn't written a story about the power of belief, and how following your dreams can sometimes make them come true.  Yet it's also the story of how we are all were we are meant to be even if we can throw off those limitations for a short while.  Now Joel is more than a fish because he's had the courage to strive for something more.This story reminds me of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, but with a happier ending, because Joel makes it home again.Ezra is a talented writer and really understands children which is clear in the simple, yet powerful way in which he writes.  The Illustrations are original and simply beautiful, especially the use of a real coral reef, and the mixing of both color and black and white drawings.This is a book young children will want to hear over and over again.