A Mother's Song
PreSchool-Grade 1—A woman invites her daughter to "share nature's wonders" throughout the year. In spring they "wade in a puddle/that's not very deep,/pretending we're frogs,/croaking loud as we leap." When gardens are in summertime bloom, mother and child "sniff, one by one,/the blossoms that burst/in the warmth of the sun." They pick apples together in the fall and make snow angels in the winter. Kemly's bucolic pastel illustrations warmly showcase the close relationship. Some scenes also appear as framed photographs on the endpapers. A sweetly sentimental offering.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, CanadaCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.