How Would It Feel? by Mary Beth Goddard, illustrated by Anna Mycek-Wodecki Ages 4-8 32 pages Bear Cub Books October 2005 Hardcover     I love children’s books that are so magical and enchanting, they take me back a few decades to a time when the moon and stars were alive and the clouds told pictures as they danced across the sky. How Would It Feel? is a gorgeously illustrated book that asks how it would feel to do things like play tag with the sun, ride on the wind, be rocked by the moon and even live under the sea. Children will delight at the rhyming and almost mystical, dreamlike quality of the text. Author Mary Beth Goddard wrote the book for her own child, who has special health needs, and what a wonderful gift this is, to any child that reads it. The whimsical and colorful illustrations are filled with images that inspire magic and awe, thanks to Polish artist Anna Mycek-Wodecki, who infuses her drawings with so much to look at and discover. How Would It Feel? is all about finding wonder in nature, and kids will love this call to interact with their surroundings from a fresh perspective. Parents, on the other hand, will love the way the book brings them back to that special time, when everything looked so new, and all seemed possible…even swinging from the arms of a shining star in the sky.       web reviews   Marie D. Jones/2006 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)