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A review by ljrinaldi
Herbie's Big Adventure by Jennie Poh
3.0
I'm a little torn on this, between two and three stars. Three for the pictures, as those are important to picture books, but two stars for the message that it is ok to stay out overnight in a snowbank and be ok.
OK, I know that if you build a cave in a snow bank you can survive, and granted I have very little experience with snow, since I live in an area that hardly ever gets snow, but having the hedgehog sleep overnight in a snow bank that was shaped like a bear...that is so wrong on so many levels I just had to stop right there and reread that page. First, why would a hedgehog think that going to anything shaped like a bear would come out ok? Second, sleeping in a snow bank? Really?
The rest of the book is fine. Herbie finds half eaten apples, and has fun wondering around, and then goes home. Other than the snow, this would be a great book to teach free-range children to go out and have fun on their own. Just don't pick a bear shaped snowbank to sleep in, if you find you can't get home.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
OK, I know that if you build a cave in a snow bank you can survive, and granted I have very little experience with snow, since I live in an area that hardly ever gets snow, but having the hedgehog sleep overnight in a snow bank that was shaped like a bear...that is so wrong on so many levels I just had to stop right there and reread that page. First, why would a hedgehog think that going to anything shaped like a bear would come out ok? Second, sleeping in a snow bank? Really?
The rest of the book is fine. Herbie finds half eaten apples, and has fun wondering around, and then goes home. Other than the snow, this would be a great book to teach free-range children to go out and have fun on their own. Just don't pick a bear shaped snowbank to sleep in, if you find you can't get home.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.