Their adventures include sharing treats, sailing the seas and going into outer space. “When Oliver found his egg…” on the playground, mint-green backgrounds signifying Oliver’s flight into fancy slowly grow larger until they take up entire spreads Oliver’s creature, white and dinosaurlike with orange polka dots, grows larger with them. Oliver, of first-day-of-school alligator fame, is back, imagining adventures and still struggling to find balance between introversion and extroversion. The final spread, full of bright color and multiracial children in flight, sets the mood for Norman’s realization on the last page that there is “no such thing as perfectly normal,” but he can be “ perfectly Norman.”Ī heartwarming story about facing fears and acceptance. Birds pop from the page in pink, green, and blue, emphasizing the joy and beauty of flying free. While Norman tries to be “normal,” the world and people around him look black and gray, but his coat stands out in yellow. The contrast of black-and-white illustrations with splashes of bright color complements the story’s theme. Black-and-white illustrations show his father with dark skin and hair and his mother as white. Percival ( The Magic Looking Glass, 2017, etc.) depicts Norman with light skin and dark hair. With the gentle encouragement of his parents, who see his sadness, Norman finds the courage to come out of hiding and soar. Although the coat hides his wings from the world, Norman no longer finds joy in bathtime, playing at the park, swimming, or birthday parties.
Afraid of what his parents might say, he hides his new wings under a big, stuffy coat.
Norman, a “ perfectly normal” boy, never dreamed he might grow wings.
3-5)Ī boy with wings learns to be himself and inspires others like him to soar, too.
She's clearly a child who stomps through life with a lot of spunk and energy. The exuberant gospel rhythm of the text is matched by Cepeda's bold, color-saturated paintings, particularly his renderings of little Brenda. Uncle Mordecai's narration is set in a serif typeface, with the interjected responses set in a variety of serif and sans-serif typefaces for emphasis. The text, illustrations, and overall design of the book work exceptionally well together. Uncle Mordecai calls out the story of Brenda's hair-the nappiest hair in the world-at the family picnic, while everyone else chimes in with affirmations: ``Yep,'' ``You said it,'' and ``Ain't it the truth.'' At first they think Mordecai is making fun of Brenda's hair when he says that combing it out sounds like crunching through deep snow with two inches of crust on top, somebody says, ``Brother, you ought to be ashamed.'' But soon it's clear that his only purpose is celebration: ``One nap of her hair is the only perfect circle in nature,'' hair that is ordained by God Himself.
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