The book makes you want to open it because it has no title except for on the spine. It is a shiny red book with a child holding another red book which creates more curiosity. The story begins in the city on a winter’s day. The girl in the book is on her way to school when she notices a red book in the snow (eye-catching). While she walks to school she reads the book and discovers that a young boy is at the beach reading the same red book, it is like looking through a window. He can see what she is doing and she can see what he is doing. The girl wants to escape the cold and join her friend at the beach, I felt the same way while I was reading it and it was snowing outside. Her destination is the beach and she arrives on a group of balloons. While she is making her way she drops the red book and another child comes along and finds it as well. The book was great for the winter season; it does make you wish for the ability to travel quickly to warmer places. The illustrations make you feel as if you are there with the two children, the boy experiences the cold because the red book was opened in the cold snowy city. The book may contain no words and be a picture book only but it makes you yearn for warmer seasons and summer fun.
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