Synopses & Reviews
Lisa is not one who likes to be outdone. When her classmates return from summer break with exciting stories about their vacations, Lisa decides to regale them with her own vacation storya trip to the jungle to visit her Uncle Paul who raises panthers and leopards! Lisa enthralls her audience with tales from her amazing jungle adventure, until one of her classmates blows her cover when he asks her how he saw her at the community pool every day over the summer if she was in the jungle.
With a snappy text and irresistible illustrations, Lisa in the Jungle is sure to charm anyone who ever wished they had a more exciting summer vacation.
Synopsis
- Wholly original text about a familiar topic for school-age children: summer vacation.- Hallensleben's vibrant illustrations perfectly capture the lush landscape of the jungle and highlight the humorous undertones of the text.- Lisa's Airplane Trip was selected as a Child Magazine Best Children's Book of 2001.
About the Author
Anne Gutman is a childrens book designer. Her husband, Georg Hallensleben, was a painter before becoming a full-time childrens book illustrator. The couple lives in Paris with their daughter and “too many cats.”