Kurt Cyrus

As in World Pizza by Cece Meng, a misunderstanding has a drastic result: instead of "a trillium," Polly's Plant Pavilion delivers a trillion trees, starting with a thousand. The boy and his sister and their family get to work, planting trees first in their yard, then along roads, in parks ("We asked permission, just in case"), and elsewhere: as a windbreak, on a hillside to prevent erosion, in an area that had been burned. Appropriate types of trees are planted in each place (e.g. ash, show more alder, willow, and cottonwood near a river), and a final page includes advice for planting trees. A smooth, silly, rhyming read-aloud with an environmental slant. show less

There was so much more here of interest than just the very pleasing rhythm and rhyme of children's poetry; I was pleasantly surprised at the wit and wordplay that normally isn't found to such an extent in children's poetry. I was laughing out loud at points. A very enjoyable read.

This book is interesting. I’m not quite sure if it is supposed to be showing off evolution or just the life cycle of a tadpole. It could work for either. I really love the rhyming pattern and sound words like Bloop. They would be great fun at story time. However, the cadence is all over the place and causes the story to act as a tongue twister.

Cute story, some really excellent sly digs at the slowness of chameleon movement, and wonderful, wonderful! Illustrations. Quirky, lovely, and so seamlessly integrated with the story I had to double check that there were 2 people working on this one.