Summary: This is a book full of questions about the world around them. It allows the reader to really take a step back and see the world around them in a new way.
Genre: This book would be categorized Informational. It does not tell the reader any new information, but gets the reader to look at the world around them and form questions. In a very subtle and basic way, by simply asking questions, the author gives the reader a new perspective. The point of informational text is to give the reader information in a new and interesting way, which is what this author does.
Medium: acrylic paint and one aspect of ever page is shiny.
Age Appropriateness: Primary or Intermediate.
Use in a classroom: One us is to help kids begin to ask questions of the world around them. After reading this book, the class could go on their own nature walk and form their own questions. From here you can take the child's ability to ask questions to introduce them to research or you can take it in a science route. They form a question, create predictions, and perform an experiment to find their answers.

Really nice book with gentle open ended discussion questions. WE loved the illustrations the best. The Author/Artist explains his technique in detail and we will definitely be using this book to spring board into a summer painting project. Nicely done! ( )

A series of unanswerable questions are posed, with poetic responses and sparkling illustrations. ( )

beautiful, thoughtful book, with perfect illustrations. ( )

Simple, thoughtful and artistic. Guaranteed to elicit questions.

"How do birds learn how to sing? What brings summer after spring? What turns leaves from green to brown and sends them floating gently down?"

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