New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author-illustrator's fun-filled first book. "This zany, rhyming, cumulative tale is carefully designed, humorously detailed, and appropriately silly. It starts and ends with a tree and features a colorful array of first woodland, and then escaped circus creatures that take up residence in its branches. A new font, including hand-lettering, announces each new arrival. Paintings created in oils and mixed media portray a jumble of animals cavorting across the pages, testing viewers' memory and visual skills."(School Library Journal) SIGNED on the front endpaper with a small drawing of a very plump bee! Large format. 39 pp. ISBN: 978-0152053635.