Room on Top

by Bruno Hächler (Author) Laura D'Arcangelo (Illustrator)

Room on Top
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
All aboard for a rollicking ride! Little anteater loves riding on his mama's back--it's the very best place to be. But sometimes the little anteater feels lonely. When he asks Badger, Duck, and Hare to join him--the new friends eagerly accept and are happy to have a fresh vantage point from atop mama anteater's back--How bright! How roomy! How stylish! Soon everyone wants to join in the fun. It seems the little anteater can't stop making new friends. When Squirrel, Frog and family, Snail, Fox, Woodpecker, Mole, and Dormouse jump on--things start to get wobbly. And here comes a long legged heron. Will they all fit on Mama's back? Bruno Hächler's ticklish tale presents a vivid panorama of the animal kingdom. Laura D'Arcangelo's humorous illustrations take the animal antics to new heights!
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PreS-Gr 1--Little Anteater loves traveling on his mama's back, but it can be lonely, just riding around and seeing the sights. He invites what becomes over a dozen fellow travelers to join him by the time a frog and family climb aboard: dormouse, mole, woodpecker, fox, snail, squirrel, hare, duck, and badger. The tower that uncomplaining Mama carries cannot last. The creatures tumble off. With charmingly anthropomorphized animals in the starring roles, the story treats readers to a fine lesson on habitats and some of their natural drawbacks; the frogs know all about damp, and the ducks' nests are crowded. Still, this shaggy dog tale is mostly concerned with the building suspense and the eventual demise of the little anteater's road trip. VERDICT Fun, lightweight, an additional purchase.--Kimberly Olson Fakih

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"This playful story is filled with silly thrills and wonderful artwork, perfect for any story time!"—Laura G's Kids Book Recommendations "Brazos Bookstore, TX"
Bruno Hächler
Bruno Hächler grew up in the Zürcher Oberland, the hilly region outside of Zurich, Switzerland. He has worked as a typesetter, a newspaper editor, and a music journalist.? In Bruno Hächler's songs and stories, mischief and poetry go hand in hand. Hächler has written numerous children's books that have been translated into many different languages. He has also put out a slew of albums of children's music, many of which have reached the Swiss charts. His album "Langi Ohre" was selected by an all-child jury to receive the Lollipop Award for best children's album. Today Hächler is a full-time writer of children's songs and children's books. He lives in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Laura D'Arcangelo was born in Bern, Switzerland, and grew up in Ins, a small village in Seeland that is the birthplace of the painter Albert Anker. In 2017 she completed her studies in illustration fiction at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Hochschule Luzern). Since then she has worked as a freelance illustrator and as an author and illustrator of children's books. Currently she is completing a master's program in teaching art so that she can soon start working as an art educator. But what she likes most of all is to take gouache and colored pencils and create little worlds on the page. She has published two previous picture books that have both been nominated for several prizes. www.lauradarcangelo.ch
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780735844865
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Northsouth Books
Publication date
October 18, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV009030 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Picture books
Parent and child
Children's stories
Animal fiction
Myrmecophaga

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