A Kite for Melia Author|Dave O'Hare I’ve heard the same excuses

I’ve heard the same excuses echoed from too many hard working

There is also an undercurrent of dark humor

As ladybug slowly wakes up on her swaying leaf

with each track as a theme

written by poet David Mills

A Kite for Melia Author|Dave O'Hare I’ve heard the same excusesA girl's desire to fly a kite dovetails with her grief over losing a pet in this beautifully illustrated picture book. When Melia, a girl with light brown skin and curly hair, asks older children if she can fly one of their kites, they tell her to make her own. She doesn't know how, so she goes to the library to find out. There, she discovers a book about kites and uses it to make a beautiful triangular creation with a bow and long tail. At first, it