![]() ![]() |a Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Honor, 2009. As she swings back down to Earth, she arrives safely into her father's arms, asking to do it all over again. Candlewick Press, 2009 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages. ![]() How high can it go? Higher than a giraffe? Taller than a mountain? Is Earth the final frontier? The creator of a popular series of board books rises to the occasion with an ingenious picture book of very few words that expresses the giddy glee of being pushed in a swing. 'Higher Higher/Ms alto Ms alto' becomes her mantra as she flies past tall buildings, skims past mountain peaks, and catapults into space. ![]() The inevitable plea to go "Higher! Higher!" Add Leslie Patricelli's wildly expressive illustrations, and an everyday pastime reaches new heights of humor and whimsy. ![]()
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