Up in the Tree (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780888997296)

Margaret Atwood's classic picture book is a perfect integration of words and pictures.

This story about the adventures of two children who live up in a tree is vintage Atwood -- playful, whimsical and wry. The perfect integration of words and pictures creates a coherent and delightful whole.

When this charming book was first published in 1978, there was a widespread idea that it was too expensive and risky to publish a children's book in Canada. And so Margaret Atwood not only wrote and illustrated the book, she handlettered the type! The book was created in the old-fashioned way, using only two colors that mixed together to produce a surprisingly large range of tones and textures. The delightful result reminds us that technology hasn't necessarily made things better. This facsimile edition renders intact the unique pleasures of the original.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Author: Margaret Atwood
ISBN-10: 0888997299
ISBN-13: 9780888997296
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2006
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.74w x 0.43d

Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 01/01/2006 pg. 74
Booklist 04/01/2006 pg. 47
PW Notes and Reprints 06/05/2006 pg. 66
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 4 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw