Well here it is again, that tricky picture book – no words! But to quote the endpapers, ‘Silence is a word’, and of course a picture speaks a thousand words, and my review will probably not do justice to this sweet, whimsical book, but I’ll give it a go with some bare bones of an outline. A little boy doesn’t want his hair cut, runs away from snapping scissors, dives into the bushes, a bird flies by, drops a seed on his head … What do you think happens? Well, I think boys grow, trees grow, and life cycles happen, and of course the best picture books features a dog. Stephen Michael King has illustrated a charming picture book that should appeal to a wider audience, ie. children three up, and for adults as a gift book.