Cute story about appreciating what we have. Beautiful illustrations too.

3.5 stars

I remember reading this in my childhood. It is a fantastical story and I imagine could prompt discussion about what work vs idleness do to our characters. The illustrations are wonderful.

Weird book, but a good lesson to be learned I suppose

A beautifully illustrated story with a "grass isn't always greener" moral dropped in at the very last second. It almost seems to imply that ambition is a bad thing, but I would hope that it meant to go for the "no easy fix" route.

This is kind of a bizarre book. It's about a janitor and his dog, a dog who pines for a better life. A bird comes along and invites them to live on an island in the sky. It's a paradise and they are completely happy...for a bit.

Al and his dog learn there's a price to pay when they become residents in a paradise.

Gorgeous illustrations. The story has a bit of a Chris Van Allsburg feel.

There's no place like home.

Al lives with his dog Eddie in a small apartment and lives his life as a janitor. Both Al and Eddie are unsatisfied with their lives and they have started to take out their frustrations on each other. One day a humongous bird visits them and says that they can come away with him for a better life. When they do, they find a wonderful world that is everything they could have asked for until it suddenly goes awry. The message from this book can easily be seen as "be happy with what you have" but it can also be seen as "don't dream or try to better yourself." It made it a little hard for me to like the book to be honest, though Yorkins and Egielski do get some points for having an _Alice_ reference.

Beautiful illustrations, but strange.