FICTION

Dandelions

by Katrina MCKELVEY
illus. by Kirrili Lonergan. 32p. Exisle/EK. 2015. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781921966828.
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PreS-Gr 2—What makes dandelions magical? A father and daughter discover their true beauty together and imagine how and where the puff balls land after they blow them. The whimsical story is chock-full of dandelion imagery, from the spread of a tree looming over the house on the first pages to puffy air balloons that twirl in the wind. There are even dandelion nuances on the little girl; her hair is an orange puff of a dandelion, and her face is full of its seeds (freckles). Lonergan does a superb job of capturing the story line using puffs, swirls, and circular and soft lines throughout this book. It opens with a frantic little girl who desperately tries to rescue the "flowers" from being mowed by her father. She thinks that she is too late, but is she?
VERDICT A tender spring story about a special father-daughter relationship—it is a real treat.
Reviewed by Gwen Collier, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY , Mar 01, 2016

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