SAFE CROSSING by Kari Percival is rich with deeply layered illustrations. The excitement and wonder that kids questions have about anything and everything is on every page. It has science! There are frogs and salamanders! It has thoughtful solutions, and helpers! Plus it's all in the rain. At night! I can feel the weather while turning these pages. The wicked bright white rain that shines in flashlight beams. The loud rain dribbling on the shoulders of your raincoat. The puddles! If any creatures wanted to "Gumby" it right into this book, they'd have a habitat ready and waiting!