Oh Lord, I Wish I was a Buzzard

From dawn to dusk, a little girl harvests cotton in the sweltering Mississippi Delta heat. Imagining her way through the endless day, she wishes she could be anyone elsefrom a snake curled up and cool to a buzzard going round and round in the sky. Finally, sunset approaches, and a special treat awaits. Based on a sharecropper’s childhood memories, Polly Greenberg’s rhythmic text and Aliki’s sun-soaked illustrations make an unforgettable tale just right for the youngest reader.