kailawil's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. beautiful illustrations and such a cute story!
reddjena's review against another edition
2.0
This book would have been much better and more realistic if the young protagonist hadn't lied to everyone in her neighborhood about losing her pet. If it were introduced as a game or make-believe or explicitly stated, then this story would be absolutely lovely and fun to share. Instead it introduces how to build new friendships based on a lie. I guess it would be good to start a conversation about the differences between lying and using your imagination, which is why I gave it 2 stars.
kristinajean's review against another edition
4.0
A delightful picturebook-graphic novel about moving to a new place and making new friends. The limited color palette makes for a most effective visual story.
cweichel's review
4.0
I adore Isabelle Arsenault's art. Collette, dressed in a yellow hat and coat, wants a pet, but her parents say no. As she meets children in her new neighbourhood she tells an increasingly fantastical tale about her missing parakeet named Marie Antoinette. By the end, her imagination story telling helps her make friends of them all.
leaflibrary's review
3.0
Colette accidentally/on-purpose pulls kids from her new neighborhood into a quest to find her imaginary bird. How will they react when they learn the parakeet they've been searching for doesn't exist?
A spiraling story with cute, simple illustrations (more graphic novel style than picture book) and an interesting twist on the morality of childhood imagination.
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They don't care. Oh well!A spiraling story with cute, simple illustrations (more graphic novel style than picture book) and an interesting twist on the morality of childhood imagination.
tashrow's review
5.0
Colette has moved to a new neighborhood and her parents won’t let her have a pet. She angrily kicks a box over the fence and meets some new kids. Colette wants to be friends but doesn’t have any good answer for them when they ask what she is doing, so she invents a pet that she has lost, a parakeet. The children take her to meet other neighbors who can help her find her pet. One after another the children help and then Colette adds to her fib. Her pet soon has specific colors, a name, a sound it makes, and a poster to help find it. Then Colette’s fib grows into a full-blown story. How will the others react when they realize she’s made the entire thing up?
Done in graphic novel style, this picture book is a delightful mix of a story about moving to a new place, the impact of telling lies and making new friends. Colette’s small fib grows far beyond what she had ever intended as she tries to cover up that she was frustrated and angry. With each new person involved, the lie builds to the find crescendo where it turns into something else entirely, something shared and wonderful despite how it all began.
The illustrations have a unique feel to them. They are done in blues and grays with pops of yellow in Colette’s jacket, small touches in the neighborhood and the color of her imaginary pet. This limited palette is beautifully done, the blues and yellows vibrant against the subtler grays.
A great graphic novel pick for young readers, this book looks at large themes with kindness and grace. Appropriate for ages 5-7.
Done in graphic novel style, this picture book is a delightful mix of a story about moving to a new place, the impact of telling lies and making new friends. Colette’s small fib grows far beyond what she had ever intended as she tries to cover up that she was frustrated and angry. With each new person involved, the lie builds to the find crescendo where it turns into something else entirely, something shared and wonderful despite how it all began.
The illustrations have a unique feel to them. They are done in blues and grays with pops of yellow in Colette’s jacket, small touches in the neighborhood and the color of her imaginary pet. This limited palette is beautifully done, the blues and yellows vibrant against the subtler grays.
A great graphic novel pick for young readers, this book looks at large themes with kindness and grace. Appropriate for ages 5-7.
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