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No, I won't spoil
that for you, the introduction to the twinkle dance of Annie's art.
But I will tell you
about her stories.
"I Am
Lilly" is the story of a child's seeking a beginning, primitive answer to the question, "Who Am
I?" Lilly, our heroine, perfectly
expresses a child's longing to have adult abilities beyond the strict
limitations of being a child.
This fundamental
theme of every small child's life, as we see in Lilly's quest, is written with heart-melting patience and
jolly humor.
One can imagine a mother
or father reading these pages in seriousness to a giggling, delighted child.
"Of course, I'm
not grandpa!"
"Or you,
Dad!"
"Or Mom!"
"I'm me!"
If only Lilly's quandary
and resolution could be every child's free, undisturbed central focus.
"Penelope's Pearls"
is a lyrical verse about feeling afraid and "cold", which all children at times are likely to
feel.
The book articulates
a child's pain and fear of being unloved, alone, forgotten, abandoned.
Penelope, our
heroine, is the smallest penguin in the South Pole. Because Penelope is a penguin, she is
supposed to be like all the other penguins who are used to the freezing cold.
Aren't we all
supposed to be copies of one another as children?
Don't we all grow up
wanting to belong?
Penelope is different
from the others. She is constantly
freezing, seeking warmth, and dreaming of being in Hawaii.