Beautiful story about following what drives you and also how to keep in check with your friends as your friends will always be there for you if they are good friends even when you move on. The only thing is this book has the lesson that she found beauty at the end of the path and wanted to stay while sometimes in real life there isn't always beauty, which I think is another lesson that parents can bring up to their children when they read this.

The pictures were beautiful and full of color so even if a child doesn't quite understand the message they will be charmed by the pictures. And the beautiful petals on the river were a wonderful icing to this charming story. ( )