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2021 Children's Literature Legacy Award
By Kristen · 4 posts · 42 views
By Kristen · 4 posts · 42 views
last updated Jan 26, 2021 07:05PM
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Many children experience the joy that comes with pressing the elevator button -- most parents are very aware of this! Taking this slight premise to the next level, this story is an ode to the power of imagination. When her younger sibling takes delight in pressing the button, usurping the role that has belonged only to her, Iris is angry and sad. Then she takes the old elevator button from one that is being repaired and install it in her room, where she is Lifted to new worlds - a forest with a
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Absolutely loved the vivid illustrations by Dan Santat, and the relatable frustration of poor Iris who is dealing with a new member of the family who is upstaging her and taking over her favorite task of pushing the elevator button! When Iris finds a magical button in the trash, she takes it home and suddenly turns her closet door into a lift to magical places.. What really sells the story is how Iris decides that these trips are just to fun to keep to herself and elects to invite her younger si
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Mar 30, 2021
Christine Turner
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Note: This book is best enjoyed at home or in a small group. The illustrations are too dark and busy to work in a large story time setting.
Lovers of JOURNEY by Aaron Becker will see many comparisons to Lift by Minh Le, a story about a little girl who recovers an old elevator button in the trash that whisks her away to new and wondrous places.
Beautiful. I expected more of an adventure, however.
May 12, 2020
Regina
marked it as to-read
Dec 10, 2020
Kristen
marked it as to-read
Jan 02, 2021
Katie Parker
marked it as to-read
