The short and sweet story demonstrates appreciating what you have and being kind and giving. The illustrations look like water color painting and it is very simple. The simplicity of the images are beautiful. However, I do wish that there was a little bit more to the story because it did have a very brief plot and not much of a conflict. The only conflict that arose in the story was Allison feeling guilty about blowing out the candles, however it did not even mention if Judy was upset by it at all. ( )