Mom's Notes: We did it! I've been considering reading this for years. A trip to an island of Hawaii seemed an appropriate time. (The kids are very familiar with the movie version, though I had never seen it all the way through until we watched it together after reading.) This book was not a page-turner, as there's not much of a plot and there is A LOT of description of how things are built and such. But the kids voted to keep reading, so we did. And I'm glad. It was quite fascinating to think about living off the land and figuring out how to do that as a family. The animal encounters were exciting! The tree house dreamy.
