我們讀The River,文中用詞很美妙,如snow-capped mountain ,cap能這樣用,繪本相比分級讀物要難一點,但原汁原味的描寫令人神往,不管孩子們能聽懂多少,但此書的韻律十足,每頁兩句話的句尾詞都是押韻的,firs & stirs, darts & starts ,sky & fly ,floes & goes ,night & light , air & where, flows & slows,scurry & hurry,sleeps & leaps,sway & way,Play & day,sun & begun,still & until,sea & be,當欣賞一首詩歌了吧!