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Owen
likes to play soccer but he's not terrible good at it. One
day he takes his eye off the ball and it bounces away. The
bulk of this picture book with its simple watercolor illustrations
follows the path of the ball and the small boy's pursuit of
it.
As he
attempts to chase the ball down, Owen races across a stream,
tracks it through some bushes and follows it as it bounces
off a small cliff. Along the way he appears to be transformed
into a fish, tiger and even a bird. Once the ball is retrieved
the boy returns it to the field where he decides that from
now on he will always "keep his eye on the ball".
Not the
most inspired picture book imaginable, this volume may appeal
to youngsters who like chasing balls and aren't very demanding
when it comes to coherent storylines.
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