One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree

This is a lively read - rhyming, lots of creative and interesting illustrations and a playful story. I really enjoy reading this with my 2.5 year old. As we look for ways to also make sure we have an inclusive library featuring characters of different ethnicities, I was also glad to find this book's 'little boy with the whirly-twirly toy' is non-white!

My four year old asks to read this book every single night! It’s her favorite story and I swear she somehow noticed something new in the gorgeous illustrations with every read. Love the rhythm and pattern, the story is just adorable and it’s always within reach. Highly recommend.

After reading Betsy Bird's recent review of this book, I knew I had to get my hands on it and share it with my students. So I did. And I was not disappointed in the slightest. The book is a delight both textually and visually. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this text out loud, it has a great rhythm and rhyme to it with word phrases such as crinkle, wrinkle and wiggle-waggle adding vim and vigor to the reading. And of course, the word, eucalyptus as Betsy points out has a rhythm all its own, it was fun to say it over and over again. I think the next time I read it out loud, I'll have the children chime in with me on the 'one day in the eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree' refrain. The illustrations are amusing with the dark pages getting bigger as more creatures join the boy in the snake's stomach. My first graders were thrilled to point out how the snake's belly got bigger and bigger as he ate more and more animals. The book has a trickster feel to it as the boy urges the snake to keep eating. I enjoyed asking my young listeners why they thought he did this, some of them figured out the end object of regurgitation, some said to get him to burp, but they all enjoyed the journey. And the last page definitely elicited a few gasps as the children realized that the story might be repeating itself all too soon and perhaps the eucalyptus tree wasn't the best place to take a nap. A real winner from beginning to end.

This is such a fun read-aloud for kids! The use of language is incredible. The premise is that a little boy gets swallowed by a snake, but don't worry--this is a very clever little boy! He urges the snake to consume more creatures until the snake burps them all out :-) The best part of this story is the rhythm Bernstrom uses. Kids will love repeating the refrain, "One day in the eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree". A must-have for any school, library, or home collection!

This is a Beautiful Book! Well written, catchy, and memorable for any age. A clever character of color!

Bought this book for a friends daughter after getting it out of one of those take a book leave a book boxes one day loved the story so I wanted to gift it to someone

This is a Favorite in our home! My son loves the pace of this book and all of the animals! I love the art, the pacing, and the representation! Try “Gator Gator Gator” as well, it’s our fav!

Great book to read aloud. Always a big fan of books illustrated by Brandon Wendell

My daughters favourite book.

It is a fantastic book can't wait to read it to the children.