The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Patricelli, Leslie

Higher! Higher!

32 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4433-8 $6.99
New ed. (2009)

(3) PS A smiling dad pushes his daughter on a swing: "Higher! Higher!" Higher she goes, flying up to greet a giraffe, a mountain climber, airplane passengers, etc. Finally, she heads into space, where she meets a little green alien on his own swing. Hand-lettering and cheerful cartoonlike acrylics reinforce the book's preschooler-perfect sensibilities, also very apparent in this board book edition.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2009