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Summary
Summary
From the award-winning and bestselling creators of Drawn Together comes the fantastic tale of a magical elevator that will lift your spirits--and press all the right buttons!
Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she can escape and explore on her own. But when she's forced to choose between going at it alone or letting her little brother tag along, Iris finds that sharing a discovery with the people you love can be the most wonderful experience of all.
Using their dynamic comics-inspired storytelling, acclaimed author Minh Lê and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Dan Santat carry readers on a journey of ups, downs, and twists and turns that will send hearts--and imaginations--soaring.
*"Beautiful" --- School Library Journal , starred review
*"Dazzling" --- Publishers Weekly , starred review
*"Delightful" --- School Library Connection , starred review
*"Immersive" --- Booklist , starred review
*"Inspired" --- Kirkus Reviews , starred review
Author Notes
Minh Le is a national early childhood policy expert, author of The Perfect Seat (illustrated by Gus Gordon), Drawn Together (illustrated by Dan Santat and winner of the APALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), and Let Me Finish! (illustrated by Isabel Roxas), and has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. He went to Dartmouth College and has a master's in education from Harvard University. Outside of spending time with his beautiful wife and sons in their home near Washington, DC, Minh's favorite place to be is in the middle of a good book. Visit Minh online at minhlebooks.com or on Twitter @bottomshelfbks.Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Award-winning The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, as well as Harold & Hog Pretend for Real!, The Cookie Fiasco, After the Fall, and others. He is also the creator of Disney's animated hit, The Replacements. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and a menagerie of pets. Visit him at dantat.com.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1--3--Young Iris loves elevators. She especially loves when her parents let her push the button. However, her relationship to elevators--and to her little brother--changes when he starts pushing the buttons. How rude! In an act of rebellion, Iris pushes all the buttons and breaks the elevator. When she finds the busted button panel in the garbage, she tapes it up near her closet to create an imaginary elevator of her very own. What wondrous places will it take her? All the text is speech bubbles and narration from Iris's point of view. Santat's illustrations carry the emotional heart of the story. The characters have expressive features--their eyes show frustration, wonder, and curiosity. Square panels are framed with thick black lines that convey the safe, enclosed feeling Iris has when she's inside an elevator. Yet when the elevator takes her to a jungle or into outer space, the thick frames melt away, leaving readers with awe-inspiring, full-bleed panels. The panoramic sights make Iris's eyes go wide with amazement--and older readers may be stunned, too. In the end, Iris decides to share the fabulous magical elevator with her brother after all. VERDICT Beautiful art enhances an uplifting story that encourages readers to share secret wonders with one another--even annoying kid siblings.--Chance Lee Joyner, Haverhill Public Library, MA
Publisher's Weekly Review
Collaborators Lê and Santat (Drawn Together) mix a tale about sibling rivalry with a classic fantasy quest. Spare text by Lê along with Santat's panel artwork tell the story of Iris, whose small, special pleasure is pushing the button in her building's elevator. One awful day, her task is appropriated, without warning, by her baby brother. Her parents and sibling beam with pride; Iris scowls. After an elevator repairman's visit tackles the out-of-service elevator next door, Iris retrieves the discarded button panel. "I wish I could be anywhere but here," she fumes. She tapes it to the wall next to her closet, and presses: "Ding!" Light breaks across her face as the closet door opens; her amazement presages wonders that readers can't yet see. Iris's first foray into a new world ends quickly, but she soon gets another chance, and a dazzling adventure unfolds--until an unexpected but very familiar voice brings her back. Santat's comedic versatility and theatrical use of light give the story cinematic momentum, while Lê's insight into Iris's conflicting emotions adds depth and warmth to the tale. Journeys to other worlds, Iris discovers, mean little without the warmth of her own. Ages 4--8. Author's agent: Stephen Barbara, Inkwell Management. Illustrator's agent: Jodi Reamer, Writers House. (May)
Horn Book Review
Le and Santat (Drawn Together, rev. 7/18) present another story focused on everyday familial relationships, expressed through concise writing and extraordinary visuals. As young Iris waits for an elevator with her family in their high-rise apartment building on Monday, she says, "There's one thing that always cheers me up: PUSHING ELEVATOR BUTTONS." Same thing on Tuesday and Wednesday-but on Thursday, Iris's pesky younger sibling gets there first. On Friday, Iris irritatedly retaliates by pushing "ALL THE BUTTONS!" A series of deliberately repetitive panels depicts the family's subsequent tedious descent to the lobby, and growing frustration. After the sullen Iris pockets a discarded elevator call button from the lobby garbage bin, she tapes it up next to her closet door-and her real adventures begin. An encounter with an impressively illustrated tiger (similar to the stuffed version her sibling totes) and a journey to a space station lead to eventual sibling cooperation. The story's clever premise is fully realized by Santat's mastery of light and atmosphere, resulting in multiple arresting spreads. Readers will be excited to link aspects of Iris's real world to her fantastical adventure, and intrigued by the open-ended conclusion. Uplifting. Patrick Gall May/June 2020 p.102(c) Copyright 2020. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Bridging the gap between picture book and graphic novel, this charmer catapults a simple storyline of sibling jealousy into outer space. Iris, the older of two small children, always has the job of pushing the button on the elevator. "Up or down, our floor or the lobby, I always get to push the button." One day, her toddler sibling reaches out and pushes the button before she can. Their parents' joy over the smaller child's new trick is pure betrayal to Iris. The baby has stolen her job, just like her stuffed tiger. Lê and Santat, creators of Asian/Pacific Award--winner Drawn Together (2018), have produced another inspired storyline fueled by emotions that come alive with magnetic illustrations. Dark frames around each scene keep the focus on Iris, a black-haired girl with expressive eyes that pierce through her messy bangs. (The whole family has black hair and pale skin.) Styled like a graphic novel's, the illustrations focus on Iris' feelings as she imagines a new elevator button, one that she can control, with the magical ability to transport her to other worlds. Frustration, invention, escape, wonder--all move across the pages with immediacy. Like Sendak's Max, Iris uses anger to lift her away from the real world into jungles and outer space. And she returns to her room changed. Breaking the bounds of a traditional picture book, Iris' creative growth elevates us all. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Iris cherishes the simple pleasure of pushing the elevator buttons whenever her family comes or goes from their apartment building--that is, until her toddler brother starts pushing them instead. Feeling betrayed, Iris sulks until she finds an elevator button panel, discarded by a repairman, in the trash. After smuggling the treasure into her room, she tapes it to the wall. When she pushes the button for comfort--DING!--a door opens. Each time she steps through, it takes her to another faraway escape. She visits a tiger-inhabited jungle and the International Space Station, and when she's finally moved to share her adventures, she takes her little brother along too. The magical pairing of Lê and Santat (Drawn Together, 2018) returns with another poignant family drama steeped in cinematic imagination, this time focused on the stress of having a younger sibling. The text itself is spare, offering narration from Iris when needed--which is not often, as the story is beautifully told through Santat's expressive characters and dynamic panels of sequential art. Indeed, every visual element is hard at work, leaving a trail of details that prompts attentive readers to question whether they are witnessing wizardry or simple imagination. Either way, it's an entirely immersive experience that children will reach for, again and again, like their own magic button.