
By Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
A perfect day turns upside down. Can opposites lift each other up?
Gitty, ever the optimist, and her grumpy bird friend Kvetch embark on a treehouse adventure. While Gitty sees sunshine, Kvetch predicts disaster. When Gitty's plan falters, will Kvetch find a way to cheer her up? Discover how opposites can attract and uplift in this humorous tale filled with unexpected twists.
A girl and her best bird friend’s perfect day turns into a perfect opportunity to see things differently in this hilariously sweet story about an opposites-attract friendship, chock-full of Yiddish humor, by Sydney Taylor Honor-winning author Caroline Kusin Pritchard. Gitty and her feathered-friend Kvetch couldn’t be more different: Gitty always sees the bright side of life, while her curmudgeonly friend Kvetch is always complaining and, well, kvetching about the trouble they get into. One perfect day, Gitty ropes Kvetch into shlepping off on a new adventure to their perfect purple treehouse. Even when Kvetch sees signs of impending doom everywhere, Gitty finds silver linings and holds onto her super special surprise reason for completing their mission. But when her perfect plan goes awry, oy vey, suddenly it’s Gitty who’s down in the dumps. Can Kvetch come out of his funk to lift Gitty’s spirits back up?
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