Beautiful illustrations. A story of friendship- and that the grass is not always greener.

In Peter Sis' first book as an author, a rhinoceros' three bird friends travel with him and [SPOILER: each one decides to stay someplace else only to eventually realize that its new location is dangerous and they would rather be back where they were and together again. The three birds are primary colors and their new locations and dangers are the same color: blue bird - blue lake - crocodile, yellow bird - bananas - snake, red bird - poppies - hyena.] It's a very basic "journey" story, not quite a quest because there is no planned goal at the beginning. At the end, they are back where they were except for the trauma---kind of like Caps for Sale and all the Crowded House stories. And, of course, the knowledge and, perhaps, wisdom gained from their adventures. ( )

Rhino's good friends, the rainbow birds, leave him for better places to live, but they soon discover that beautiful places can have secret dangers. ( )