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beths0103's review
4.0
Gorgeous writing and illustrations. This would be a great text to use to teach students about sensory details.
pwbalto's review
4.0
Wow. This is a summertime bedtime book that begs to be turned into a cherished ritual. And seriously, that is not something that I can recall having said about too many books.
Big soft realistic paintings of children pair with descriptive mellifluous text to create a lullaby-like book full of sensory images. Lie on your back and imagine a soft voice saying,
"No one but you can feel the rain kiss your skin
or the wind ruffle your hair.
And no one but you can walk through a rain puddle
in your bare feet."
Big props to everyone involved for putting a black kid on the cover, and kids of all shades on the inside.
Big soft realistic paintings of children pair with descriptive mellifluous text to create a lullaby-like book full of sensory images. Lie on your back and imagine a soft voice saying,
"No one but you can feel the rain kiss your skin
or the wind ruffle your hair.
And no one but you can walk through a rain puddle
in your bare feet."
Big props to everyone involved for putting a black kid on the cover, and kids of all shades on the inside.
tashrow's review
5.0
This radiant picture book speaks to each of us having individual experiences in the world. Only you can feel things the way that you do. Only you taste, hear, smell and see things in the way that you do. No one else breathes with your breath. No one else wishes on the same star in the same way. And no one else feels the emotions you do or says I love you the way that you mean it.
Wood’s writing reads like a poem, a verse that dances, expresses and moves. He turns his lens onto different specific moments, emphasizing how we all experience things differently. Using small moments of life, the book also quietly asks people to slow down and really experience what they are doing then. Because no one else will feel it but you.
Lynch’s art is quiet and powerful. His realistic paintings focus on diverse children doing day-to-day things. The expressions they show are candid, real and vibrant. His colors range from bright to dark, all of them filled with a special light that emanates from the children’s faces.
A gorgeous picture book, this is ideal for bedtime reading and is sure to make any child who hears it think about just how special they are. Appropriate for ages 4-8.
Wood’s writing reads like a poem, a verse that dances, expresses and moves. He turns his lens onto different specific moments, emphasizing how we all experience things differently. Using small moments of life, the book also quietly asks people to slow down and really experience what they are doing then. Because no one else will feel it but you.
Lynch’s art is quiet and powerful. His realistic paintings focus on diverse children doing day-to-day things. The expressions they show are candid, real and vibrant. His colors range from bright to dark, all of them filled with a special light that emanates from the children’s faces.
A gorgeous picture book, this is ideal for bedtime reading and is sure to make any child who hears it think about just how special they are. Appropriate for ages 4-8.
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