Author: Marsha Diane Arnold
Illustrator: Qin Leng
Publisher: Kids Can Press (April 2, 2019)
- Pages: 40
- Ages: 3-7
Ours?
Mine.
Yours.
The following morning Little Panda shows up again and wants to share the big panda’s breakfast with him. He is told that the breakfast is not his, but Big Panda offers Little Panda a kite which he hopes will make him disappear into the distance.
Yours.
But eventually, the kite’s tail gets all tangled up in the other animal’s activities. Although the little panda wants to make things right, the wind makes it difficult.
It looks like he is in a mess over his head (pun intended). The words mine and yours are used multiple times, but will we ever hear ours again?
The animals in this book are found throughout Asia. There are giant pandas, pangolin, fishing cat, river otter, Chinese jumping mice, yellow-throated martins and golden snug-nosed monkey, etc. The names of these Asian animals are at the beginning of the book so the reader can identify them as the book is being read.
My Thoughts
What Concerned Me: Though the concept was cute, there was nothing that made this book stand above others.
What I Liked Best: While the story has a slight edge of harshness (no doubt due to the use of only one word) at the beginning, the illustrations feel gentle and soft, perhaps to create a perfect balance. A book with few words can be fun for little ones to read themselves.
All in all a nice book that kids should appreciate.
My thanks to NetGalley and Kids Can Press for providing a copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.
