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K-3
The king's men manage to put Humpty Dumpty back together again, but he's now afraid of heights. When his paper-airplane bird gets stuck atop the wall he fell from, Humpty climbs it and--over the course of several thrilling page turns--reveals his true, triumphant self. Bold horizontal, vertical, and diagonal compositions dominate most spreads, reinforcing the wall's extraordinary height and, therefore, the challenge that Humpty must scale.
Reviewer: Patrick Gall
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2017