Imagine a land where all the animals are free . . . To the creatures of the woodland, the land of Animalia sounds like a dream - a tropical island where all the animals live in harmony. They are over-shadowed by a much more evil community; the polluted Megatropolis, whose dirty skyscrapers block the horizon. And then one day, Wirral the Squirrel's woodland is destroyed by developers and he is thrown into the nightmare world of Megatropolis. But Wirral believes in Animalia and he joins with Froggo, a world-class amphibian balloonist, and Wilhamina, a girl squirrel, to lead the enslaved animals of the city to a new life. So begins an exciting adventure through the mean streets of Megatropolis, over the sea and through the sky.
Imagine a land where all the animals are free . . . To the creatures of the woodland, the land of Animalia sounds like a dream - a tropical island where all the animals live in harmony. They are over-shadowed by a much more evil community; the polluted Megatropolis, whose dirty skyscrapers block the horizon. And then one day, Wirral the Squirrel's woodland is destroyed by developers and he is thrown into the nightmare world of Megatropolis. But Wirral believes in Animalia and he joins with Froggo, a world-class amphibian balloonist, and Wilhamina, a girl squirrel, to lead the enslaved animals of the city to a new life. So begins an exciting adventure through the mean streets of Megatropolis, over the sea and through the sky.
High in the Clouds by Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardagh is a beautiful and explosive parable of friendship, adventure, and ecological awareness.
Paul McCartney's lifelong interest in children's storytelling grew
out of his childhood love of classic Disney. He has created a
number of animated films in collaboration with Geoff Dunbar,
including Rupert and the Frog Song, which won a BAFTA for best
animated short film and became the bestselling short video of the
year. His recent animated releases have included Daumier's Law,
which won a BAFTA for best short animated film, Tropic Island Hum,
and Tuesday.
Philip Ardagh's best-selling Eddie Dickens trilogy started with
Awful End, continued with Dreadful Acts and is soon to be topped
off by Terrible Times. Currently living as a full-time writer, with
a wife and two cats in a seaside town somewhere in England, he has
been - amongst other things - an advertising copywriter, a hospital
cleaner, a (highly unqualified) librarian, and a reader for the
blind.
"'Young audiences will delight in the clever wordplay and smartly - drawn comic characters.' Independent"
"'Young audiences will delight in the clever wordplay and smartly - drawn comic characters.' Independent"
Gr 2-4-McCartney joins the ranks of celebrity authors with his first children's book. Wirral the squirrel sets off to find Animalia, a tropical animal sanctuary. He knows of it from his mother, who is crushed to death when bulldozers begin mowing down the Woodland. With her dying breath, she urges him to find the fabled island. His quest takes him to Megatropolis, a loud, polluted city, where he sees animals imprisoned in factories and learns of a plot to destroy Animalia. With the help of his friends Froggo and Wilhamina, Wirral finds the island and leads the animals of the Woodland and Megatropolis to a happy, if predictable, end. Ardagh's writing style and humor are evident, although some of the jokes fall flat. The cartoon illustrations resemble animation cels reduced to fit the book's pages, with the result that occasionally Wirral and his friends become lost in the surrounding scenery. Due to its length and vocabulary, the book will appeal to children who are ready for long read-alouds or beginning chapter books.-Suzanne Myers Harold, Multnomah County Library System, Portland, OR Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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