Vertraute Sätze und ungewöhnliche Charaktere begleiten einen Jungen beim Auf- und Absteigen in einem Aufzug.
Alter 5 – 8
Belletristik, 16 Seiten, 2021
ISBN 978-1-56846-380-3
Der Titel könnte die Erwartung wecken, dass es sich hier um eine Art Auf und Ab-Buch der Gegensätze handelt. Verwerfen Sie diese Idee vollständig. Manche Dinge scheinen bis zum Schluss zu steigen und erst wieder zu sinken, und die Kürze dieses Buches wirft möglicherweise mehr Fragen auf, als es beantwortet. Dieses Buch hätte seinen schönen Illustrationen besser gedient, wenn die Geschichte länger oder detaillierter und mit den Bildern verbunden gewesen wäre. Es kann eine Studie über gute Illustrationen und vielleicht eine Lektion über Vorstellungskraft sein, aber es ist kein Muss in einer Bibliothek. Es ist wichtig, dass Kinder und Lehrer über Fantasie diskutieren, aber dieses Buch scheint dieses Ziel nicht zu erreichen. Dieser Autor und Illustrator ist ein wunderbarer Künstler und könnte vielleicht ein längeres Buch schreiben, das seinen Illustrationen gute Dienste leisten würde.
– Kinderliteratur , September 2021
The title may create an expectation that this is a sort of up-and-down book of opposites. Dismiss that idea entirely. Some things seem to go up and not come down until the very end, and the brevity of this book may raise more questions than it answers. This book would have better served its beautiful illustrations if the story were longer, or more detailed and connected with the pictures. It can be a study in good illustration, and perhaps a lesson on imagination, but it is not a library must have. It is important for children and teachers to discuss imagination, but this book does not seem to achieve this goal. This author-illustrator who is a wonderful artist and and could perhaps write a longer book that would serve its illustrations well.
–Polina Mann, Children's Literature, 09/01/2021
A kid takes a unique elevator ride. A young child presses an elevator button to summon it. Accompanied by some unusual-looking animals, the kid ascends. The text is almost entirely composed of idiomatic expressions that include the word up (“What’s up?” “Fired up!” “Jazzed up!” etc.). Beginning on the ground floor, the kid encounters a different expression (and animal companions) on each floor, depicted in a quirky, imaginative fashion. If the point is to help readers clearly understand what the expressions mean, it doesn’t generally succeed. Wrapped up is illustrated with a picture of the kid paddling a canoe, joined by a rabbit and a bird, for instance. Some interpretations fare very slightly better: What’s up? features multiple rabbits carefully listening to their cellphones; Jazzed up! shows the kid, a trio of mice, and three extremely large rats playing music; Spruced up! depicts the kid painting white birds with bright colors. As the elevator reaches the sixth floor, nighttime has fallen, and the kid goes “back down,” the only departure from phrases with up. Since none of the up expressions connote actual levitation, the elevator conceit feels irrelevant; a playground swing or seesaw might have worked as well (or poorly) to represent up-and-down movement. Readers will likely have no better grasp of the expressions after perusing this book than before. However, the charmingly surreal and brightly colored illustrations may garner attention. The kid presents White. Pass this up or turn it down, as you will.
–Kirkus