Age: Infant-Kindergarten

Holy Toledo, Tillman wins again! Her sweet, poetic style pairs perfectly with the white space and soft photographs/illustrations. The concept of the book gives it extra dimension that pushes it beyond saccharine.

"If early one morning, you put on your socks
and declare, 'For today, I'm a little red fox!'
I'd say, 'My, my...that is quite the disguise!'
But I'd know it was you by the gleam in your eyes."

Tillman then goes on to uncover different animal disguises. I marveled at her treatment of bird wings because, surely, humans do not have these attributes.

"Would you mind flapping them? Can you say, 'Whooo?'
Yes without question, I'd know it was you."

My invisible hat is tipped to you, Tillman.