When most people think of cute pets a skunk is not the first animal which comes to mind, but if you were to ask Petunia Stripes I’m sure she will gleefully list off hundreds of different reasons to why skunks are the best and cutest animals in the world. Like most children her age Petunia wants a...
I got this for my nephew as part of his birthday gift. His name is also Oliver and he just started school so I thought he'd get a kick out this story about a boy named Oliver on his first day of school. After I read it I thought it was a bit dark - spoiler alert: the alligator eats everyone! Bu...
Hugs From Pearl was on display in the children's room at our local (fabulous) East Lansing Public Library. It is a lovely story about Pearl the porcupine. Pearl loves being a friend, loves going to school, and LOVES giving hugs. Would you want a hug from a porcupine? Fortunately her teacher keeps...
This book is about Petunia, a girl who does some silly things to get her parents attention, she starts acting like an animal, because she thought being a human was too "hafta", not any fun for herself. So she asked her parents if she could be their pet, they got very angry and told her she is a h...
A sweet, charming story._Oliver_ touches upon loneliness without beating the reader over the head with it. There's a moral here, to be sure: make friends, it's better not to be alone. But there's also the sweetness of imaginary play.My one critique of the art is use of thought bubbles. They're...