Recently my music teacher and I were talking about how many people give up when they are confronted with a hard piece of music. They don't want to have to work hard to figure out how to play it. In today's picture book you will meet a pair of young animals who are not intimidated when they are faced with a very large problem.
Kit Chase
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Penguin, 2014, 978-0-399-25700-1
Lulu the bird, Oliver and elephant, and Charlie the
rabbit are the best of friends. One day they are playing hide and seek in the
forest and Oliver is the seeker. Not surprisingly, Lulu hides in a tree and try
as he might Oliver cannot jump high enough to reach her. He thinks it is unfair
of Lulu to hide in trees and says that trees “are out of bounds.” Lulu is not
happy about this, so Charlie suggests that they find a tree that will suit
Oliver, one that he can “play in too.”
Lulu, Charlie
and Oliver discover that finding a tree that an elephant can sit in, even a
small elephant, is not easy. Some are too small, some are too tall, and when
they find one that seems just right, it turns out that the tree just isn’t
strong enough. Poor Oliver. It would appear that “Elephants just don’t belong
in trees.”
Sometimes we
find ourselves facing a particularly sticky problem, a problem that does not
seem to have a solution. Some people give up, but others work very hard to find
a solution. In this charming picture book readers will meet two young animals
who want to help their dearest friend and who don’t give up when they are
confronted by a big, elephant-sized, dilemma. Delightfully sweet illustrations provide the
perfect backdrop for a story that celebrates true friendship.
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