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Summary
Ella love-love-loves her brand-new umbrella. It's sky blue with white clouds, and it makes the most satisfying whoosh . . . click sound. Rain or shine, Ella insists on taking it with her everywhere. Unfortunately, a whoosh-clicking umbrella can cause serious trouble . . . especially at a ballet recital. It's a good thing Ella is a problem solver, because she's going to need to be creative to get what she wants.
Sarah Weeks and Doug Cushman deliver a hilarious and universal tale about a little girl's trouble letting go of a favorite object.
Author Notes
Sarah weeks was born March 18, 1955 in Ann Arbor Michigan. She received her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA from New York University. Sarah is the author of numerous best-selling children's books including Glamourpuss, Woof!: A Love Story, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth, If I Were a Lion, the hilarious Mrs. McNosh series, and many more.
Sarah's book, So B. It, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Ella is an enterprising pig. When an aunt's earring falls down the drain, she retrieves it with a high-heeled shoe and a wad of bubblegum. She comes to the rescue with a spaghetti strainer and curtain rod when her brother's frog escapes into a pool. Then, the porker receives a wonderful umbrella as a birthday present that she "love-love-loved." She takes it with her everywhere she goes, causing problems instead of solving them. Cushman's rounded acrylic paintings depict the chaos of an unfettered umbrella until the object is banned from Ella's dance recital. Like Kevin Henkes's Owen (HarperCollins, 1993), Ella knows she needs her umbrella to give her courage and, like Owen, the resourceful pig comes up with a perfect solution. A reassuring tale for the youngest of listeners, who are often tied to precious objects of their own.-Kathleen Whalin, York Public Library, ME (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Four-year-old Ella is a pig with a knack for imaginative problem-solving, but she finds herself causing them after receiving a pretty umbrella decorated with clouds as a birthday gift. Brokenhearted that she can't bring the umbrella to her dance recital, Ella uses her inventiveness to solve the dilemma. Cushman's large, bold acrylics deftly express Ella's energetic and clever personality. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Clever problem-solver Ella, the piglet, "love-love-loved" the new umbrella given by grammy for her fourth birthday. Ella takes it everywhere and opens it everywhere so she can hear the "whoosh . . . click!" sound it makes. But Ella neglects to see the havoc she causes behind her opened umbrella--upsetting tables and lamps, banging into classmates and friends, knocking over grocery items and more. In ballet class, Mrs. LaTouche, the ostrich dancing teacher, is not amused and announces that umbrellas are unwelcome at the recital. Who will solve this situation? Ella, of course, in a most creative and appropriate way. Cushman's comical, colorfully bright acrylic paintings of a diverse menagerie of supporting characters make this very human theme of a child's need to carry a much loved item come alive in a mellifluous mlange of text and illustrations. Weeks has created a delightful role model that will inspire youngsters to confidently and resourcefully find solutions to their own circumstances. A talented new porcine character from a practiced author and artist must take a bow. (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Ella the pig is a problem solver. She rescues her aunt's earring from the drain with a shoe and chewing gum, and she pulls a frog from the pool with a spaghetti strainer. When she gets a beautiful new umbrella for her birthday, she can't resist opening it everywhere, and suddenly, she is causing problems rather than solving them. With a whoosh . . . click, Ella opens her umbrella and knocks over lamps, her baby brother, her parents' tea and cake. When she disrupts her fellow ballerinas, Ella's dance teacher bans umbrellas at the upcoming recital. Ella worries; without her comfort object, will she still be able to dance? Then Ella's problem solving kicks in, and she invents a creative solution that earns applause from the audience. Weeks' short text includes lots of repetitive phrases and sound effects that will easily encourage participation. Cushman adds slapstick humor with double-page scenes of determined Ella, an Everychild who takes blunders in stride and finds creative solutions. --Gillian Engberg Copyright 2007 Booklist
