In a lyrical story by Mary Murphy, gorgeously illustrated by
award-winning artist Zhu Cheng-Liang, a child offers an ode to her
favorite things -- and people.
What I like most in the world is my window. This morning, through my
window, I see the postman at the red gate. . . .
A little girl observes, one by one, things that give her pleasure -- the
apricot jam on her toast, the light-up shoes that make her feet bounce,
the sparkling river, the pencil whose color comes out like a ribbon. But
even after the jar becomes empty, and the shoes grow too small, and the
pencil is all used up, one thing will never change. In a tenderly
imagined story, Mary Murphy celebrates the intimacy of the bond between
mother and child, while Zhu Cheng-Liang's wonderfully inviting artwork
brings the day-to-day details to life.