My kid much preferred All the World. I also don't understand how Lulu got either measles or chicken pox. ( )

My kid much preferred All the World. I also don't understand how Lulu got either measles or chicken pox. ( )

Lulu climbs the tallest trees in the neighborhood, but when she gets sick and is stuck inside, unable to climb, she notices the shadow a tree makes on her wall and imagines climbing through its branches. ( )

Lulu loved to climb trees. The taller, the knottier, the stickier, the better! But when she falls ill and is confined indoors, it seems that her arboreal adventures are over, at least for a while. Missing her favorite activity intensely, she becomes downhearted, until the shadow cast by a tree on her wall suggests a way she can still climb, even while indoors...

A sweet tale of a girl and her passion for trees, as well as for outdoor activity, Another Way to Climb a Tree is also a celebration of the power of imagination, as Lulu's solution to her problem involves a make-believe, shadow version of climbing. The artwork by Hadley Hooper, created in a print style, and then digitally remastered, is colorful and cute. Recommended to all young tree-climbers, and to anyone looking for picture-books about using the imagination to find solutions to boredom and unhappiness. ( )