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<p><br>Picture a sky <P>as big as all outdoors, <P>a fence disappearing over a hill, <P>a crow then appearing, <P>a boy looking up, <P>watching, wondering. <P>Not much more than a moment <P>but the meeting<P>lofts a rush of childhood questions—<P>27 in all—inspiring answers <P>as big as all outdoors. <P>Caldecott medalist Chris Raschka, <P>himself the boy perhaps,<P>has created a book in the sparest language<P> against the simplest setting,<P> to inspire in any young listener<P> the wonder of wondering.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>Surrounded by blurry blue watercolor skies and wheat-brown daubs suggestive of autumn fields, a boy sits on a rail fence and talks to a small crow. At first, his rhyming questions seem simple: "Little black crow, where do you go?/ Where do you go in the cold white snow?" As the queries continue, readers may begin to consider the mysterious outdoor lives of animals and the things humans take for granted. The boy asks, "Is it enough to have feathers in all kinds of weathers?" as blue and brown slashes of rain whip around the crow. The crow, inked with an enormous beak and a comparatively tiny body, seems to grin but offers no reply. The
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- Author
- Christopher Raschka
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780689846014
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 3.47 / 5 (279 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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