Yaccarino, Dan Morris Mole
PICTURE BOOK Harper, 2017. $17.99
Content: G.
Morris is the
smallest mole out of his brothers and they don’t listen to his ideas. One day Morris decides he’s going to overcome
his fears and instead of digging down to look for food he is going to dig
up. He discovers all sorts of good foods
and enjoys the trees and flowers. He
ends up saving a fox from a hungry wolf, and in gratitude the fox gathers food
and throws it down the hole to Morris and his brothers.
The illustrations in the book are fun and
bright and Morris the Mole is adorable. I
liked the idea that even though he was small and scared, he became courageous
and was rewarded for his work. But the
fox part of the story was weird-the fox was going to eat Morris and then Morris
saved the fox against a wolf? Why didn’t
the wolf want to eat Morris? It became
really illogical and lost its appeal.
EL
(K-3) – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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