HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT?

New and exciting possibilities can be found in everyday life if only one takes the opportunity to savor the ordinary. “Have you ever slept outside on a hot summer night?” “Held a hungry snake.” “Flown with wings. / Have you ever done that?” These poetic challenges to do something different make even sleeping in the back lawn in a sleeping bag seem like an adventure. Walking through a corn field; watching dragonflies float overhead; even swinging on a rope swing and dropping into the water below all become mysterious and beautiful. Soft watercolor-and-pen illustrations add to the whimsy of the rhythmic verses. Imaginations will soar and sleeping bags will be unrolled as young readers discover their own everyday adventures. (Picture book. 4-7)