The Plan

Reviewed by: Patricia Temple - Long Island Community Library, Long Island, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 9, 2016

Review

This is a rich story of a little girl's dream told in spare, one word picture captions. Each word changes in one letter progressions to relate the tale. For example, plan becomes plane, then planet, plant and so on. In the story, a young girl and her dog live on a farm with her Dad and an abandoned biplane next to the chicken coop. The girl dreams of flying in the plane one day and draws out her plan in a notebook. When she finds her Dad's old album of his flying days she shares her plan with him and the two, plus the dog, begin making her dream come true. The story is full of love, emotions, well developed characters and a very enjoyable ending. The author used only 20 words to tell the story. Each word begins with the letter "p" and changes by one letter from frame to frame. The illustrations perfectly express the setting and emotions of the story. They depict the one word captions and provide the reader with all they need to get lost in this heartwarming tale. I am recommending this for "Cream of the Crop".

Overall Book Score: excellent