Review: Squabbit, the child of a squirrel and a rabbit, never did quite fit in. Finally, it was time for him to go to school where children, who are always very observant, noticed that he was different. They teased him and laughed at him and chose him last for the teams. Squabbit and his classmates all have to find a way to accept him for his differences.
My 5 year old son absolutely loved this book. It was quite adorable. The illustrations were simple, nothing fancy but my son loved those too. I was a little weirded out at first by a squirrel and a rabbit mating but... it is fiction so I guess it was okay. Once I got past that I really did like the story too. Not quite as much as my five year old but I still found it a fun story to teach my kids about the differences in other people and how this doesn't make them strange but able to do things that are different that we may not be able to do. Fun story with an important moral.
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Author: Yates is from Kansas and is now a retired teacher residing in Columbia, Missouri. Her daughter, a retired art teacher, illustrated Squabbit and she lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
I cannot find any more information on these two except what is on the back of the book so if any of you have any information, feel free to forward it on to me. :)
Rating: *** Three Stars
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1 comment:
Sounds like a very good story. And something that children really do need to learn. My two sons are as different as night and day and children's reactions tell a lot about their families. I remember as a teenager someone saying that there was no way all my sisters came from the same parents. Children blurt these things out without realizing how hurtful and cruel it is!
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