Just in Case You Want to Fly

A parent readies a child for independence with a succession of imaginative possibilities and reassuring offerings. Each possibility considers something the child may wish to do, including flying, singing, or crying, then supplies objects, sounds, or gestures that might help. The ideas range from useful items to deliberately unlikely ones. Playful illustrations follow the child through a day from morning to bedtime, alongside a varied group of characters that includes a child who uses a wheelchair. The open-ended structure encourages children to devise possibilities of their own.