Once home and safety behind her bedroom door, Iris takes the broken elevator button out of her pocket. Following the text boxes, the illustrations tell the story. I liked how most of this activity is told without words. Ah! Yep, Iris quickly grabs the broken elevator button and she shoves it into her coat pocket. He’s currently replacing the elevator’s wall button and Iris notices when he throws the broken button in the trash can. When they finally reach the lobby, there’s a repair man fixing the other elevator. How does everyone on the elevator feel now? I liked this part of the book as it shows through the text and the illustrations a lot about the characters. Iris, she was mad! Then, on Friday when they left their apartment and again, got inside the elevator, her brother reached over and pushed the button AGAIN! Oh, the look on Iris’ face! I loved this part!! She doesn’t hold back her anger, nope! What does she do? Yell? Scream? Iris reaches over and she pushes all the buttons and her family stops on all the floors. WHAT!! Her brother was so proud and excited and her parents, well…. She doesn’t know what happened that Thursday but once her family got inside the elevator to go up to their apartment, her little brother reached right over and pushed the elevator button before Iris had a chance. Whenever they needed to push one of the elevator buttons, Iris would step right up and DING, she’d push the correct button. It always made her happy and she could count on it to cheer her up. Iris loved to push the elevator buttons in the apartment building that she lived in with her family.

Little did she know that solution would lead her on magical journeys that began in her own bedroom. Iris got mad when things changed in her normal routine but then, she found a solution. Ha! This picture book is definitely a fun one and one you could have a good time with.

Drawn Together by Minh Lê