Although imaginative creatures--bunny-like fuzzy dolls?--together they teacher us to appreciate what we have, little or not. Willoughby, the older brother, and Willa, his baby sister, have a trusting, endearing relationship. Willa has a problem getting to sleep because she is afraid (and sad), and her brother is so wise in how he soothes her. In fact, it soothes us adult readers, too, as much as the young children we read to.The illustrations are very colorful and warm--the same feeling we get from the author's prose and the characters' tone of interaction. And who wouldn't want to live in that beautiful home in a hollowed-out tree that's, some how, still alive?The Creative Teacher: Activities for Language Arts (Grades 4 through 8 and Up)