The Humpherys Family

The Umbrella

Record Added: 4/2/2013
Author 
Illustrator 
Setting South America
Topic Animal Characters
Publisher G.P. Putnams & Sons
ISBN 0399242155   Year 2004
Age 4-8   Pages 32
Description Printed dustjacket
 
A walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest provides a wonderfully lush setting for Jan Brett's beloved animal illustrations. When Carlos drops his umbrella to climb a tree for a better view of the animals, they all cram into the banana-leaf umbrella as it floats by--from the little tree frog to the baby tapir to the big jaguar and more. It gets so crowded in the umbrella that there isn't even enough room for a little hummingbird! So over the umbrella tumbles, everyone falls out, and poor Carlos comes back wondering why he didn't see any animals all day.