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katrinadreamer's review
5.0
A lovely, heartfelt story with adorable and inclusive illustrations, including disability representation. So much is communicated with so few words. Teachers could use it to kick off a unit on anagrams or compassion.
emsemaroo's review
5.0
Cute rats and chubby folks enjoying an art fair. And the rats' ears are so big. Flawless, 10/10.
adria_karlsson's review
5.0
This book is the cutest! I'm pretty sure I became obsessed with it starting with the end pages. Like, really, a good end page is a quick way to my heart and the patterns on these ones were completely adorable.
This nearly wordless books tells a remarkable story of empathy, trust, and problem solving. The main character, a elementary school aged child, notices the small ferris wheel and train that the human clean-up crew swept up on the morning of the local (human) art fair. Curious, the child pulls them out of the trash and works to figure out what they might be for. After noticing the rats have nowhere safe to set up their Rat Art Fair, the child finds a safe spot for them to have their own special day. And, the rats take the leap, and trust the child enough to use it.
I love books that tell stories through art, and ones that do so with almost zero text are especially admirable. Having a non-gendered protaganist that is also (without making it a *thing*) not depicted as skinny, white, and pig-tailed is a definite perk. I applaud Kessler on her storytelling and the amazing collaboration between her and Cleonique Hilsaca that gave this story life.
This nearly wordless books tells a remarkable story of empathy, trust, and problem solving. The main character, a elementary school aged child, notices the small ferris wheel and train that the human clean-up crew swept up on the morning of the local (human) art fair. Curious, the child pulls them out of the trash and works to figure out what they might be for. After noticing the rats have nowhere safe to set up their Rat Art Fair, the child finds a safe spot for them to have their own special day. And, the rats take the leap, and trust the child enough to use it.
I love books that tell stories through art, and ones that do so with almost zero text are especially admirable. Having a non-gendered protaganist that is also (without making it a *thing*) not depicted as skinny, white, and pig-tailed is a definite perk. I applaud Kessler on her storytelling and the amazing collaboration between her and Cleonique Hilsaca that gave this story life.
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