Beautiful artwork and a cute story. ( )

"When Flora and her pesky little brother, Crispin, are whisked away by a swirling and swooping wind, she gets the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to give her brother away. With tempting offers from a dragonfly, the man in the moon, and even the wind itself, she will find it difficult to choose. But Flora would do anything to get rid of Crispin, wouldn't she?
Jeanne Birdsall's utterly charming picture book takes flight in Matt Phelan's twisting, twirling watercolors, brimming with wit and whimsy." -- Annapolis Valley Regional Library

The story of a girl who is frustrated with her little brother and wishes that he be blown away by the wind, only to realize that might not be what's best for the two of them.

A charming book by the author of the beloved "The Penderwicks," I read this as a possible readaloud with the Juniors who are studying weather. The story revolves around a girl whose annoyance at her little brother, Crispin, leads her to take him out in the wind where he is blown away while she watches from the safety of her "super-special heavy-duty red boots." She sheds the boots, follows her brother and declines offers from a bird, the moon and others to take Crispin off her hands. She eventually decides to take the brother home because she realizes that their mother will miss him, and the wind obliges. ( )

A charming book by the author of the beloved "The Penderwicks," I read this as a possible readaloud with the Juniors who are studying weather. The story revolves around a girl whose annoyance at her little brother, Crispin, leads her to take him out in the wind where he is blown away while she watches from the safety of her "super-special heavy-duty red boots." She sheds the boots, follows her brother and declines offers from a bird, the moon and others to take Crispin off her hands. She eventually decides to take the brother home because she realizes that their mother will miss him, and the wind obliges. ( )