A walk through the Costa Rican cloud forest provides a wonderfully lush setting for Jan Brett’s beloved animal illustrations. When Carlos drops his umbrella to climb a tree for a better view of the animals,they all cram into the banana-leaf umbrella as it floats by–from the little tree frog to the baby tapir to the big jaguar and more. It gets so crowded in the umbrella that there isn’t even enough room for a little hummingbird! So over the umbrella tumbleseveryone falls outand poor Carlos comes back wondering why he didn’t see any animals all day. In the spirit of Jan Brett’s The Mitten and The Hatthis cheerful tale of escalation will have readers poring over every illustration for the world of details Jan packs in. With its classic storyexotic jungle settingand brilliantly colorful menagerieThe Umbrella is sure to take its place among Jan’s many family favorites.