�Cape, butterfly wings, hula skirt, tent�a piece of cloth �soft as silk, green as grass, and cool as a breeze� fuels a day of imaginative play for two children in this lively picture book, first published in Arabic. �With a flick and a click, in just a blink, with no magic stick,� pretend begins immediately after the child�s seamstress mother passes on the textile � Shama�s narrative illustrations expressively capture the way the item helps the children to envision entire worlds. Ages 3�8.��Publishers Weekly