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Following the minute changes as the pages turn is to watch growth, transformation, death, and rebirth presented as enthralling spectacle. With its compact set and pool of performers this miniature epic is perfect for touring to all kinds of settings. Carson Ellis’s popular picture book is brought truly alive in this exquisitely made and beautifully paced show for children. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon—with the help of a pill bug named Icky—they wrangle a ladder and build a tree fort.

With exquisitely detailed illustrations and tragicomic flair, Carson Ellis invites readers to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in even the humblest backyard. The book attracted strong interest from foreign publishers, and has sold into 11 territories so far.

Ellis (Home, 2015) elevates gibberish to an art form with her brilliant account of a few bugs, who discover a green shoot sprouting from the ground…Readers and pre-readers alike will find myriad visual cues in Ellis’ splendid folk-style, gouache-and-ink illustrations that will allow them to draw meaning from the nonsensical dialogue, as well as observe the subtle changing of the seasons. With minimal text and crisp images, Ellis's book is deceptively simple, but don't be fooled; this whimsical story requires a close reading to truly absorb all its subtle delights. Polly Crosby tells ReadingZone about her novel, This Tale is Forbidden (Scholastic), a fractured fairy tale set in a dystopian world.

A book thta continues to develop with rereads - you are encouraged to decode the language that on first glance looks like gobbledeegook. A bold retro color palette and lots of white space allow a big beautiful story plenty of room to breathe.

Beneath a broadcloth sky, to a music-box tune, insects in hats or with spectacles emerge, chatting their own insect language, getting ready for whatever the new day brings. Carson Ellis is the author-illustrator of the celebrated, New York Times bestseller Home , her debut solo picture book, as well as being the illustrator of The Composer Is Dead , written by Lemony Snicket, and Dillweed’s Revenge, written by Florence Parry Heide. Using intricate illustrations supported by spare dialogue in an invented language, Ellis elegantly weaves the tale of several square feet of ground in the insect world as the seasons pass.