A Partridge in the We Tree - Hardcover

Belote, Ashley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593384881 ISBN 13: 9780593384886

Publisher: Penguin Workshop, 2022

Synopsis

From author-illustrator Ashley Belote comes a hilarious and holiday-themed companion to The Me Tree, the tale of a bear who learned to happily share his space. In this festive follow-up, Christmas visitors quickly put Bear’s patience and hospitality to the test.
Designed to engage early readers, this story combines charming characters with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers!
 

    Bear is back and this time his home, “The We Tree,” is full of holiday cheer… for everyone but Bear. With guests like four flocking birds, three French squirrels, two spruced-up cats, and a partridge in the We Tree, will Bear finally find the holiday spirit?
     With full-color illustrations on every page, this humorous story is perfect for kids just beginning to read on their own. The early vocabulary and amusing illustrations make reading easy and fun! Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.
 

About this title

About the Author

Ashley Belote believes art should bring joy and laughter to audiences. She specializes in picture book illustration that evokes a sense of humor! With a background in traditional animation under the direction of Don Bluth, she earned her BFA from Alderson Broaddus University and then completed the Whole Book Approach Course through Simmons College at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. She earned her Masters degree in Arts Administration through the University of Kentucky. Her illustration debut FRANKENSLIME was published by Feiwel & Friends in July 2021. She lives in Davidson, North Carolina, where she happily creates artwork from her home studio. She lives life as a creative journey and would have it no other way!

Reviews

K-Gr 2-This follow-up to Belote's The Me Tree is a frenetic romp through a parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." In the previous volume, Bear has accepted the idea of sharing his tree, but he's not sure how he feels about so many others showing up for Christmas. In this book, a new set of animals comes each day to join the festivities; from a simple partridge and three French squirrels to five manatees, eight goats a-milking, and more. The simple text with plenty of repetition follows a predictable pattern, making it accessible to emerging readers. Bear interjects a simple comment with the arrival of each animal crew, which adds humor and perspective on Bear as a character. The full-page color illustrations add excitement and show the energetic nature of the story, as well as Bear's facial expressions as he attempts to deal with the new arrivals. However, illustrations do not help readers' comprehension enough. The exterior of the tree house is never shown, nor do the interior views give the scope of how many animals have gathered in this tree. Nevertheless, this is a fun holiday offering for beginning readers that will give them a laugh while sharing a message of inclusion. VERDICT A nice addition to holiday and early reader collections.-Kelly Jahngα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593384881
• ISBN 13: 9780593384886
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Belote Ashley
• Number of pages: 32