There
is no text to explain what is happening in this story. The
reader will have to look at the illustrations and provide
his or her own storyline.
Summarizing the
action here, you’ll see a small child playing with his
toy airplane. Then, unfortunately, the plane ends up on the
roof of a house and the child can’t climb up to retrieve
it.
The downcast child
is sitting under a tree, perhaps thinking about his airplane,
when a seed pod whirls down from the branches above. The youngster
plants it close to the house.
With the passage
of time the child becomes an adult and the seedling becomes
a mature tree. Finally an old man with a white beard climbs
the large tree and
retrieves his airplane that is still there and intact after
all these years. Playing with the toy now doesn’t seem
to provide him with much pleasure, so the old fellow gives
the plane to a little girl. End of story!
Make
of it what you will. This is a picture book that demands you
and/or your child invent the story to accompany the sepia
illustrations. Perhaps this will be fun – perhaps not.
You’ll have to make of it what you will. On the other
hand, giving this book to an older child or an adult might
elicit a much different response or reaction to the drawings.
This little boy will “speak” to each reader in
a different way so make of this book what you will.
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