Description: "For [children] who have not yet played hide-and-seek at dusk among the trees, and marveled at their long shadows on the grass, this vivid account of what one family of children did will be a fascinating experience."--"San Francisco Chronicle." A Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.
Brief description:
Mrs. Udry's first book, A Tree Is Nice, illustrated by Marc Simont, won the 1957 Caldecott Award for the most distinguished American picture book. Mrs. Udry is also the author of Glenda, Let's Be Enemies (also illustrated by Maurice Sendak), Mary Ann's Mud Day, The Mean Mouse and Other Mean Stories, and Thump and Plunk.