"Colorful sneakers skip down a gray sidewalk
And light balloons float above
a heavy picnic table"
This is a quietly careful look at life well lived. From bright planet in a dark sky, the author moves the reader to a scene showing wet waves on a dry beach where smooth stones rest in rough sand. Using the concepts of opposites, Daniel Salmieri shows how life is fashioned from many differences.
In a little house on a big street a small child sits to eat a breakfast of squishy oatmeal in a hard bowl. The child, always recognizable in green clothing, is shown as she grows through the seasons, the years, her many adventures, and times spent with family, old and new.
In softly designed, charming vignettes created using colored pencils, readers watch as the author shows life as often mysterious and surprising. The child grows as the pages turn to show her interests, experiences, and movement through school, college, a scientific career to becoming a parent serving squishy oatmeal in a hard bowl to an orange onesie-clad baby and finally, as a devoted grandparent sharing treasured family photos with her grandchild. It is a full circle moment.
These are the times in a life that provide touchstones. Written in such an engaging format, it is sure to appeal to children and those who care for them.
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