Horn Book Review

On the dark night of the book's cover, bright colors indicate lively scenes inside the windows of a ten-story apartment building, while tiny silhouettes hold clues to the antics occurring on each floor. Opening the book takes readers and viewers inside the first floor, where a boy lies awake: "What is going LA LA LA above my head?" Clever book design reveals just a sliver of the second floor, creating an opportunity to guess what might be happening above the ceiling. Turning the page frames the scene higher, revealing the answer: "A man is singing opera above my head." Then a bit of the third floor appears because a sound from up there is aggravating the opera singer. Up and up the book goes, with noisy surprises to discover on every level (sheep, cowboys, cheerleaders) until a dancing couple ("cha cha cha") on floor nine wonders: "What is going BLAH BLAH BLAH above our heads?" The tenth floor's resident, an old man, is hollering "GO TO BED!" which seems to work--the light from the floor below clicks off. The high energy and bright contrasts from the bold cartoon drawings, along with the call-and-response question-and-answer format of the text, create a wild and interactive read aloud. julie roach (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.