I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Separately, this book could also be used for classroom discussions about the environmental issues connected to the rate and severity of blackouts in recent years. This book makes a great resource for lessons on community, siblings or growing up. The emotional poignancy is further enhanced by Duýan Petričić's expressive and detailed artwork. His unique use of the first person to tell the story along with his simple, spare style evocatively relates the feelings the young boy has toward his special corner of the world and his older brother, without being overly mushy. Author Andrew Larsen has created a fantasy-inducing (what child doesn't pine for a house in a tree?) and emotionally satisfying story that young children will want to revisit again and again. And then, just as unexpectedly, his brother appears, wanting to join him, to savor the magic of the night.
But then one night the power unexpectedly goes out while the young boy is there by himself, and he's treated to an amazing view of his neighborhood, blanketed in darkness and lit only by the stars. His brother is now “too busy with his friends” to come to the tree house at all. It was the best summer ever.” Sadly, everything has changed this year. “My brother and I spent most of that summer in the tree house. I might be able to do something with that in post-processing.As this enchanting picture book begins, a young boy is fondly remembering last summer, when his dad built an awesome tree house in their backyard. I also don’t like the sidewalk to the lower left of the tree. I’d like to return again even a little later in the day, Perhaps work a little more with the fern at the base of the tree for more of a foreground. Getting on the ground = backlit leaves and maybe even some blue sky forming part of the palette.
Keep your eyes open and then plan for the other elements to align for your best shot. That’s often how a good composition evolves. I found this tree a year ago when walking in the park next to the Ballard Locks and knew immediately I would return. This helps the color to “pop”! It’s all in the composition and attention to the light, time of day, time of year, and location of your camera. And if you get in the right place you can backlight the leaves. This gives you a view of the snarly and fascinating branches. I like to get inside the canopy of these trees or even lay on the ground close to the trunk of the tree. What can I say? They are just beautiful trees, to begin with but in the fall and with the sun low in the sky they are even more beautiful.
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