Can you see me? A book about feeling small

A journey into the world of big and little and a nudge to think outside the box. This whimsical, quirky, and engaging picture book, a Spanish import by a Turkish creator, takes readers on an Alice's Adventures in Wonderland--type exploration of perceptive relativity. What is little to one may be big to another; if readers were as strong as ants, they could lift rhinos; if they could jump as high as fleas, they could reach the top of the Eiffel Tower--these are just some of the thought-provoking ideas presented. The narrative (appealingly hand-lettered) is accompanied by collaged illustrations that are just as whimsical and that cleverly build as the story unfolds. "If your foot could grow as fast as a caterpillar can during its life cycle… / …your foot would be 3 times larger after just a few days. / It would keep growing until…it would not fit in a school bus. Like this elephant." Huh? Readers may ask. But the introduction of the pachyderm leads to the idea of an elephant's big footprint--which, if it filled with water, could be habitat for 60 different species. While the story unfolds in what appears to be a rather dizzying array of free-form thoughts, it holds itself together--just--although readers will want to go through it more than once to grasp all the clever connections. (This book was reviewed digitally.) A thought-provoking way of looking at the world, and imaginative kids will love it. (Informational picture book. 6-9) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.