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The 78-Story Treehouse
The 78-Story Treehouse
Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: September 25, 2018
Review
This is the sixth installment in the popular Treehouse Adventure series imported from Australia. The comical slapstick of Andy and Terry and the layout of large "Where's Waldo" style illustrations with a few lines of text is the same as the other books. In this episode, Andy and Terry are making a movie. Within the first few minutes, the director named Mr. Big Shot cuts the part of narrator leaving Andy without a role in his own movie. This places Terry in the spotlight, as well as a monkey named Mel Gibbon, and Andy begins to question their friendship. While Andy tries to fill the time with a few of the absurd activities around the treehouse, he eventually finds himself kicked out of his home altogether. The movie is plagued with clone Andys, movie-idea-stealing spy cows, and a possible chip thief. Andy and Terry are able to patch up their friendship when it is revealed that the cows did indeed steal their movie. A funny, comical, fast-paced illustrative novel for graphic novel fans and younger readers who enjoying carrying around larger books. Perfect.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Griffiths, Andy
Illustrator: Denton, Terry
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: adventure,fantasy
Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9781250104854
Price: 13.99