Home Tweet Home

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 24, 2015

Review

10 cave swallows in one small nest just isn't working out, so the biggest siblings, Pippi and Burt, decide to take off and look for better, roomier accommodations. They see various places that look appealing, but upon further investigation they find that a turtle's back is too hard, a cat moves too fast, and an alligator's spine is too pointy and uncomfortable and on and on to other creatures. Why they don't search for more reasonable places like a treetop or such, I do not know. In any case, in the end they decide home tweet home is not so bad after all and happily return to the familial nest. The siblings all have amusing names but the illustrations are the best part of this offering. The birds appear daubed with various dollops of color, the animals are all colorful and expressive and the illustrator employs lots of white space. This will appeal to children with lots of siblings who sometimes wish they were an only child!

Overall Book Score: very good