Rainbow Kite

Lulu has no intention of venturing out-why would they?-until a plain, bedraggled kite blows into view. But when Lulu rushes out to rescue the kite, it bucks and tugs in a not-at-all kite-ly manner-more like a scrappy pup-and so begins a romp through the neighborhood during which, courtesy of Lulu's lively imagings, the kite morphs and changes from a scrappy pup to a runaway caboose, flouncy party hat, and pirate tricorn. This lively imaginative play amazes neighborhood children but...
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Lulu has no intention of venturing out-why would they?-until a plain, bedraggled kite blows into view. But when Lulu rushes out to rescue the kite, it bucks and tugs in a not-at-all kite-ly manner-more like a scrappy pup-and so begins a romp through the neighborhood during which, courtesy of Lulu's lively imagings, the kite morphs and changes from a scrappy pup to a runaway caboose, flouncy party hat, and pirate tricorn. This lively imaginative play amazes neighborhood children but puzzles them too.  After all, aren't there boy games and girl games? But when the children challenge the suitability of the kite's guises and Lulu's obvious delight in each, demanding Lulu declare a gender, the surprising response-transformation to a dragonfly-inspires one child, and then the rest, to let their own creative spirits fly free.