Instead of playing games indoors near the fan (it's on high), a bead-braided dark-skinned child spends the day outside. Crews' impressionistic photo-collages offer sensory interpretations of the heat and relieving rain. Rather than telling a story, the images reflect one child's hot-day play in an urban neighborhood, encouraging children to remember times when the temperature takes charge. (Ages 3-6)

"An effervescent city child dances through a hot summer day until a thunderstorm brings welcome relief. Executed in collages made from color photographs, imaginatively redefined in unexpected juxtaposition....A wonderful concept book, grounded in ordinary events yet touched with magic, that will strike a familiar chord with preschool audiences while enlarging their perceptions. An auspicious debut!"--Horn Book.