Have you read Whistle for Willie?

A little older than in The Snowy Day, Peter wanders his neighborhood on a summer day, spinning around, playing, drawing a chalk trail. He decides to learn to whistle so he can call his dog, as he sees an older boy do. He tries and tries, but no sound comes out. He puts on his father’s fedora in order to feel more grown-up as he keeps trying to whistle—a wonderful Keatsian touch that shows us that Peter is acquiring skill and status (whistling to master his pet), though in a sweetly childlike way. No wonder some readers consider Whistle for Willie the perfect Keats tale.

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Listening to whistling