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Another Way to Climb a Tree by Hadley Hooper, Liz Garton Scanlon

swtmarie's review against another edition

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3.0

Lulu is a little girl who loves to climb trees; all trees including the ones that "catch kites" and the trees that "other kids won't climb". Until one day she falls ill and can't be outside where she loves climbing the trees. She has to learn to be imaginative and creative in order to be doing what she loves. I really enjoyed the illustrations in this story, especially the scenes where the illustrator uses orange and blue hues depicting night and day.

internationalkris's review against another edition

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5.0

A perfect book for tree lovers. Simple and beautiful.

raoionna's review against another edition

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4.0

Retro illustrations heavy on pattern related the power of imagination.

periparaparasakura's review

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fast-paced

2.5

tashrow's review

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5.0

Lulu loves to climb trees. She saves cats, retrieves kites and climbs trees that others won’t. When Lulu gets sick though, she can’t climb trees for awhile. She misses the trees and the trees and birds miss her too. As Lulu looks out of her window, only the sun is climbing the tree. But then she notices the tree’s shadow on her bedroom wall and Lulu realizes that she can still pretend to be high in the branches. Scanlon’s writing is rich and simple at the same time. She speaks about the joy of climbing trees and then with poignancy shows how much Lulu misses being outside and being up in tree branches. The illustrations by Hooper are done with printmaking and have a traditional and organic feel that adds to the connection with nature felt on the pages. Get this into the hands of children with skinned knees and sunburned noses. Appropriate for ages 4-6.

mrogows's review

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3.0

Did...Did she straight up die at the end? Because I think she straight up died in the end.

Also, vaccinate your kids.
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