The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Siddals, Mary McKenna

I'll Play with You

32 pp. | Clarion | August, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-395-90373-4 $$14.00

(3) PS Illustrated by David Wisniewski. Expert cut-paper collages show children interacting with nature. In a simple first-person text, children tell the sun, wind, clouds, rain, stars, and moon how they can play together: "I'll play with you, Sun. Meet me outside. I'll help you make shadows. I'll hide while you climb." The small-sized book, which features children of several different ethnicities, is a good introduction to some basic features of the natural world.

Reviewer: Anne St. John