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November 1, 2019/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by bookskeeps
BfK Rating:
BfK 239 November 2019
Reviewer: Elizabeth Schlenther
ISBN: 978-1788004015
Price: £6.99
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
  • Illustrated by: Yasmeen Ismail
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Nuts!

Author: Lou PeacockIllustrator: Yasmeen Ismail

This is a wonderfully funny book about two red squirrels and their inability to share the nuts they find, and it will prove to the youngest of children how important it is to learn to be unselfish. The text is minimal ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘no’, ‘their’, ‘whose’ and, of course, ‘nuts’, but the meanings are crystal clear through the marvellous illustrations. The two squirrels refuse to cooperate even when their friends try to convince them that the nuts can be shared – there are plenty for all! No way! It is only when they are sitting, each clutching his/her own nut, that they begin to feel silly and decide to say, ‘Our nuts’. It’s plain sailing from there, and they even manage to share the apples they find too. Brilliantly done, with lots of lovely animals to enjoy.

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