I have not yet listened to the audio version of Sora Searches for a Song: Little Cricket’s Imagination Journey (Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Stories) but I am hoping soon. In the meantime, I was able to find an online reader copy. We follow Ballerina Konora as she shows us how to do dance moves. Or how to dance-out the story itself. You can read the story first, so you know the basics, but to the side Konora is stretching, turning, jumping, moving along.
Christine Herbert and Scott Partridge’s picture book is how a young creature wants to sing but is told they have no imagination. But whenever they say, “I can’t imagine” or “I have no imagination” the creature they have been admiring (a bird, fish, even a tree) they turn into. Therefore, they realize how to swim, fly, dance and allow their international song (they have the music, they can feel it, it is just not coming out) to soar. We, the adult reader know that our young heroine will find their song, by being themselves.
The artwork is mostly darker colors, and the pages are busy. There is, however, the one big splash of color (orange) that is our main character. Where that orange is, is what the thing they have been turned into. Along with the text, the art is classical looking or sounding, but still has modern sentiments and feelings. The illustrations are both realistic and have a somewhat cartoon look, without being cartoonish. Maybe it is more “realistic abstractness.” They can be considered simple, but not simplistic. They are expressive and not totally overwhelming. A few (like the fish page I included) might be a smidgen intense though for very young readers, or people not in to snakes, sharp toot fishes, etc.
The ages would range from toddler to about first or second grade due to the fact you can move and grove along with the story. It would work well for a gym class, indoor recess or when you need a moment to stretch. (Currently available.) 
