Review: `I was in the Amazon jungle!'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
Author Tali Carmi and  illustrator Mindy Liang introduce a wonderful little story about an imaginative and curious little girl who uses her curiosity and imagination and enthusiasm to find a wonderful adventure.Abigail is a curious child whose parents are away on business so she is staying with her grandparents. Her grandpa is a scientist and an inventor who makes wonderful machines. One day when her grandparents were sleeping Abigail crept up to the attic where she found all sorts of things including a bicycle and an old book containing pictures from places all around the world. On the book's last page was a phrase that if repeated three times the magical tour would begin. Not being able to resist, Abigail soon finds she is flying on the bicycle over the Amazon jungle where she sees the Amazon river, a toucan, a jaguar cub, monkeys, and a little Indian boy named Nuka with whom she shares her bicycle. Nuka take Abigail to his village where she meets all his family and friends, but as it grows dark she must return home on her magic bicycle - where her imaginative grandparents welcome back Abigail and the secrets of her adventure.The marriage of words and images is just right for this nice little story that celebrates curiosity, imagination, and the love of discovering new ideas, new place, new culture, and new people. Grady Harp, February 14