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32 pp.
| Tricycle
| October, 2006
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TradeISBN 1-58246-171-6$14.95
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Illustrated by
Shino Arihara.
"Why are there birds? / Why is there sky? / Why are there words? / Why is there why?" An African American girl's rhymed quartets of questions take her through one entire day; refreshingly, readers are trusted to come up with their own answers. The fastidious gouache illustrations of the city are as earthly as the girl's questions are ethereal.