![]() ![]() ![]() Uneven visuals make this a marginal choice.Ī home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. The amusement-pier backdrop adds a festive touch. ![]() She festoons Mira’s mother with a hodgepodge of stereotypically exotic garb, even when she’s off duty, and dresses the rest of her fairly diverse cast in flapper-era garb. Painting digitally with a modern animation aesthetic, Marlin sets the story in a 1920s-era town, a choice that’s at odds with such details as a female lifeguard named Taylor and Mira’s recommendation that she “wear SPF 100”-not to mention the surfing contest. Andrews’ debut folds meteorological information into a satisfying kid-finds-her-talent-and saves-the-day tale readers will appreciate the dark-skinned girl’s expertise and the way adults listen to her. Her accuracy is tested on a gorgeous sunny day when, after noticing the plummeting barometer, she calls a halt to a big surfing contest-just before a mammoth storm hits. She bones up on meteorology at the library, learning about barometers, anemometers, and more, then sets herself up as a weather forecaster on the boardwalk. ![]() But when her mother buys Mira a windsock and a pinwheel, the child realizes that they can help her predict the weather. Unfortunately, try as she might, she just hasn’t got the gift. Mira longs to tell fortunes like her mother, Madame Mirabella, who practices her craft in a caravan parked on a seaside boardwalk. A fortuneteller’s daughter discovers a talent for meteorology. ![]()
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