SKY COLOR

Young Marisol is perplexed. She’s planning to paint the sky for a school mural, but she sees no blue in the box of paints. What to do? On the way home from school and into the evening and night she watches the sky, pondering the problem, and then crafts her own unique solution. Sisi Aisha Johnson’s voice is gentle and light; it rises, falls, and trails off as Marisol is lost in thought. Johnson’s delivery is perfect for the character of a contemplative young artist. With a leisurely pace, she lets words hang in the air, giving time for considering the story through Reynolds’s illustrations. Background music and sound effects complete the production. A.R. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2013]