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Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree
Way up high in a rain-forest tree,
there's lots and lots
for us to see.
It's right to the top!
Climb along with me!
Let's explore each branch
of this tall green tree!
there's lots and lots
for us to see.
It's right to the top!
Climb along with me!
Let's explore each branch
of this tall green tree!
32 pages, Hardcover
First published June 21, 2005
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October 27, 2009
Genre: fiction, picture book
Topic: rainforest animals, bedtime
Themes: creativity, imagination, pretend play
Illustrations: the illustrations are highly colorful, pastel drawings. They are extremely supportive of the text. They work well with the text to tell the story and create the world.
Reading level: early
Use: read aloud, independent reading, guided reading
Literary Elements: repetition, rhyming,
Thoughts:
Way up high
in a rain-forest tree,
there's lots and lots
for us to see.
It's right to the top!
Climb along with me!
Let's explore each branch
of this tall green tree!
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree is the story of a young girl who creates a rainforest in her bed at bedtime.
it is a good book for strong early readers. The words repeat on each page, with the only new word being the animal. The animal is always depicted in the picture. The exact name of the animal may give some trouble the first time reading the story but not enough to frustrate the child. Although the text is black text on colored pages, it is almost always located on the same places on the page. It is also larger text. Most of the words are high frequency, one or two syllable words.
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree depicts childhood imagination in action. It reveals a world based on reality created by the imagination of a young girl. It is also a fun book to read aloud with its repetition and rhyming.
Topic: rainforest animals, bedtime
Themes: creativity, imagination, pretend play
Illustrations: the illustrations are highly colorful, pastel drawings. They are extremely supportive of the text. They work well with the text to tell the story and create the world.
Reading level: early
Use: read aloud, independent reading, guided reading
Literary Elements: repetition, rhyming,
Thoughts:
Way up high
in a rain-forest tree,
there's lots and lots
for us to see.
It's right to the top!
Climb along with me!
Let's explore each branch
of this tall green tree!
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree is the story of a young girl who creates a rainforest in her bed at bedtime.
it is a good book for strong early readers. The words repeat on each page, with the only new word being the animal. The animal is always depicted in the picture. The exact name of the animal may give some trouble the first time reading the story but not enough to frustrate the child. Although the text is black text on colored pages, it is almost always located on the same places on the page. It is also larger text. Most of the words are high frequency, one or two syllable words.
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree depicts childhood imagination in action. It reveals a world based on reality created by the imagination of a young girl. It is also a fun book to read aloud with its repetition and rhyming.
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April 30, 2011This is a really cute book. I like how the author uses some non-traditional animals, such as an ocelot so there's an added learning experience. The predictability of the rhyming from page to page allows some of my autism and developmentally and cognitively delayed students to participate in the story confidently. The text leads the adult reader into a natural rhythm that makes it fun to read. The simple story line also lets me work on some story prediction skills that these concrete minded kids are struggle with. After climbing away for several pages, they can say that it will happen again (just don't ask for this prediction on the last page).
February 11, 2009
Simple...I made a little melody to go with the words, which my daughter loved. After we had returned it to the library she kept requesting it, so it really had staying power for her. I liked that the story included a child that combined imagination with the everyday objects in her room.
February 9, 2017
Good rhyming and repetition, with a variety of rain forest animals.
March 2, 2011
Description: This is the story of a young girl who climbs higher and higher in a tree to see what she can see. She encounters a variety of animals and reptiles.
Illustrations: Very colorful and delightful.
Keywords/Themes: nature, animals, adventure
Literacy Skills:
Phonological sensitivity-great rhymes throughout the story
Vocabulary-animal names throughout the story expand vocabulary
Print motivation-great pictures and wonderful sing song style encourage love of books
Illustrations: Very colorful and delightful.
Keywords/Themes: nature, animals, adventure
Literacy Skills:
Phonological sensitivity-great rhymes throughout the story
Vocabulary-animal names throughout the story expand vocabulary
Print motivation-great pictures and wonderful sing song style encourage love of books
March 3, 2011
This book is a great rhythmic read-a-loud about an adventurous girl climbing a tree and all she sees. The rainforest animals she meets introduces children to some great vocabulary words (ocelot, kinkajou, gecko) giving an opportunity for further exploration with caregivers. The surprise end spotlights how wonderful the imagination can truly be.
Early Literacy Skills:
Narrative Skills
Phonological Awareness
Print Motivation
Vocabulary
Early Literacy Skills:
Narrative Skills
Phonological Awareness
Print Motivation
Vocabulary
March 31, 2010
Fun, vibrant illustrations and nice verse (although not as sing-songy rhyming as it starts out). The different animals really appealed to my 4 y/o.
October 24, 2011
This is becoming a fave because it is Madeline to a T.
December 18, 2008
Follows a formula that works well for children.
May 4, 2009
Very cute and entertaining.
May 22, 2019
I really enjoyed reading this book, because I haven't read it in a while. As a more advanced reader I noticed a few things: there is a rhyme scheme and repetition. I also forgot that the girl is just using her imagination. I thought it was very interesting that the author decided to make the girl's stuffed animals and her bed, the tree and real animals. I loved this book!
June 6, 2023
The book's illustrations and catchy writing make this a fun book to read together. I read this and the one about the sea to my girls when they were little then happened upon it at the library. I texted my girls, who are now in college, a picture and asked them if they remembered it. "YOOOOO! I LOVE THOSE BOOKS!" The incorporation of imagination is a fitting ending.
January 19, 2020
This is a fun, rhyming story about a young girl who interacts with different animals in a tree.
The story is appropriate for bedtime and the reader learns more at the end of the book about the 'tree' and the 'animals.'
Overall, it's a fun, fast read and has very vibrantly colored illustrations.
The story is appropriate for bedtime and the reader learns more at the end of the book about the 'tree' and the 'animals.'
Overall, it's a fun, fast read and has very vibrantly colored illustrations.
June 25, 2020
Storytime
Theme: Green
Ages: Virtual/All Ages
A little girl keeps climbing and climbing up a tall green tree. She meets lots of animals on her way. It's really cute. not quite Rhyming, but has a good rhythm to it. Very imaginative.
Theme: Green
Ages: Virtual/All Ages
A little girl keeps climbing and climbing up a tall green tree. She meets lots of animals on her way. It's really cute. not quite Rhyming, but has a good rhythm to it. Very imaginative.
February 13, 2019
Would be good for storytime
January 25, 2020
Fun to read aloud to very young readers. Not much actual information about animals. Character is drawn weirdly, but animals are very cute.
June 25, 2009
Girl climbing a tree discovers a few unusual animals like an ocelot, kinkajou and sloth but also spies a parrot, bat and tree frog. Her interaction with the animals is short-lived, she mocks some of them "googly-eyed, tree frog" and "S-l-o-w M-o, hairy sloth". The danger aspect of a girl climbing a tree is subverted in the end, when it turns out to be her bed surrounded by stuffed animals.
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June 4, 2022
A little girl imagines climbing a tall tree and seeing a variety of rainforest animals such as an ocelot, a kinkajou, a sloth, and more. This is a rhyming picture book with a gentle repetitive text that will be fun to include in preschool units about the rainforest as well as a comforting bedtime story.
March 8, 2016
a little girl climbs all the way tot eh top of a tall green tree and meets many animals there during her journey and says goodnight to each animal. It was okay but didn't grab me enough for storytime.
March 2, 2013
3-4 year-olds love this book and are ending each page aloud with you.
May 9, 2020
Read at rainforest-themed story times during daycare visits on 7/24/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
January 4, 2014
I love this rhyming story for storytime. It invites participation and physical action.
May 19, 2016
Way up high in the tall green tree. I like the gecko in the tall green tree. Hi gecko
April 17, 2014
The main character sort of freaks me out with the black-ringed eyes.
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