Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree
PreSchool-Grade 1–Readers join a young girl for a rollicking climb up a tall green tree as she spies a variety of rainforest animals, from the well-known parrot to the exotic kinkajou. She greets each animal in turn, then says, See you later and climbs away. The repetitive, rhyming text invites young children to read along, as do the playful phrases like Yakity-yak, parrot and S-l-o-w M-o, hairy sloth. Bold, colorful, digitally rendered art captures the girl's adventure and the creative use of perspective emphasizes the googly eyes of the tree frog and the long, slithery body of the boa. In the end, the child says Nighty-night to each creature, then climbs down to meet her daddy, as the tall green tree transforms into a bunk bed strewn with plush-toy animals. This book is similar to Peck'sWay Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea(S & S, 2004), in which a boy explores the ocean inside his bathtub.Green Treepromises to be a solid hit for storytimes and bedtime reading.–Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, ORCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.