Flora's Very Windy Day

When Flora and her pesky little brother, Crispin, are whisked away by a swirling and swooping wind, she gets the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to give her brother away. With tempting offers from a dragonfly, the man in the moon, and even the wind itself, she will find it difficult to choose. But Flora would do anything to get rid of Crispin, wouldn’t she?  (Goodreads)

Jeanne Birdsall must like the theme of family and adventure.  You can find similarities in her picture book with the Penderwick family of her novels.  It is refreshing to see the picture book and the imagination of Flora while taking care of her little brother.  She struggles with wanting to leave him elsewhere but in the end the love for family and responsibility wins out and they are home.