Day I Could Fly

By Lynn Crosbie Loux

As a girl takes a walk in the fields among the trees, a black feather touches her, turning her into a crow. Her journey in the air gives the crow girl a new perspective on her house, family, and the horses below. She glides over a pond, the playground, and a field of sunflowers, and she builds a nest in a cottonwood. A storm and hearing her mother call encourage her to fly home, and she lands on the windowsill: I wanted to be inside with my family. As she flies from the window, a feather drops from one of her wings, and, when it touches the ground, she changes back into herself. She tells her grandfather about her day and is surprised when he takes a black feather from his pocket. The story ends with him saying, Someday- you will know when it is the right time for you to fly.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559718668
• ISBN13: 9781559718660
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A truly captivating color picture book story

Imaginatively written by Lynn Crosbie Loux and superbly illustrated by Guy Porfirio, The Day I Could Fly is a truly captivating color picture book story of a young girl who experiences what is like to live as a crow - including the joy of flight, but also the hardship and loneliness of survival in the natural world. A thoughtful and gentle work of imagination, The Day I Could Fly is a very highly recommended and certain to be popular addition to family, school, and community library picture book collections.