This book is a wordless book. The cover shows a man atop what looks to me like a tree, holding a conductor's baton which is pointing towards what look like birds. The birds look to be flying away, and their feathers are simliar to the leaves on the trees on the cover. When the story starts, the man walks into the page and looks up at the "trees"which are much taller than him. I personally get the idea that these "trees" are dandelions and this man looks to be the size of Thumbelina in the movie. The conductor climbs up atop the highest dandelion, looks around, and raises his baton. And suddenly birds are leaving the "trees" the leaves becoming their wings. On some pages there are many different birds, and on others there are few of the same type. I could hear the music of spring in my head as I flipped the page based on which birds were on the page. It reminded me of when I would blow on a dandelion in spring and watch the seeds fly around me. As suddenly as it started, the composition ends, the birds return to the tree and the composer lets his baton fall, and takes his bow. As he climbs down the tree, he plants a new seed which is ready to bloom with the rest for the next time the conductor returns.
I think this would be a beautiful book to show children in the spring time. It would be great to make the connection between the seasons, pictures, and music. Day to day life is a composition, and this book excellently shows the composter of spring.
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