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K-3
Illustrated by
Monique Felix.
Animals, plants, and sensory experiences from nature pose the titular philosophical question to one another, while readers grapple with soft-edged, evocative illustrations that provide open-ended (but sometimes bewildering) answers to each. Oppenheim highlights different types of connection, occasionally confusing in their variety: smell to flower, branch to tree, jump to rope, etc. Gentle rhyming prose provides a springboard for discussion.