About this book

Here is the boy
up in the tree
where he built a house overlooking the sea.
Yes! This is the tree house that Jack built!
With ladders, swings, turrets,
and elaborate pulley systems everywhere--
animals chase one another
over, under, around, and through.
And then--the bell rings.
Where are all the animals going?

Readers will pore over every detail
of Mark Teague's spellbinding pictures.
And Bonnie Verburg's irresistible rhyming text
leads readers to a soothing end of a wondrous day
in the most exciting tree house ever!

Reviews

Praise for THE KISS BOX
Amazon.com Book of the Year
An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Winner

"Debut picture-book author Verburg structures the story, inspired by her personal experience, with a steady, soothing pace. Cole complements the language beautifully with watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations evoking the classic joys of childhood. . . . Similar in subject matter to Audrey Penn's THE KISSING HAND, illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak (1993), but a whole lot more artful, this fresh take will motivate younger children to create boxes of their own."--KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Verburg handles her emotionally freighted material (based on personal experience, according to the endnote) with a light, patient touch, giving Little Bear's qualms their full due before introducing his solution."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Praise for the How Do Dinosaurs books

HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?
An ALA Notable Book
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Book of the Year
A BOOKLIST Editor's Choice
A NEW YORK TIMES, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, and BOOKSENSE bestseller.
"A delight from start to finish; better buy more than one."--BOOKLIST

HOW DO DINOSAURS GET WELL SOON?
A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
A Parent's Choice Award winner
* "An excellent choice for story hours."--BOOKLIST, starred review
* "The perfect prescription for the crankily bedridden."--KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review

HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY I LOVE YOU?
A Parent's Choice Award winner
"Kids should relate to the dinosaurs' mood swings and take heart in the notion that love conquers all."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS?
"Don't pass up this exuberant guide to achieving yuletide harmony."--SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY HAPPY CHANUKAH?
"Yolen's characteristically wry verse is flawless in its rhyme and rhythm, and . . . the art's buttoned-up 1950s fashions and furnishings provide a comical visual contrast to the outlandish, brightly colored dinosaurs."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY