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chantal550's review
5.0
I loved this! The art was phenomenal and the message amazing. I didn't know much about Greta I'm glad I now do.
exlibrislynne's review
5.0
A fabulous non-fiction picture book! Children and grown-ups alike will be drawn in by the large size, beautiful illustrations, and powerful message. Greta is an an inspiration to so many, and I love the straight-forward and easy to digest format that introduces her to children and people who may not have heard of her. The back matter is informative without being preachy or boring, as well as directing readers to more information available on the internet.
I was fortunate to receive a free ARC of this book from Netgalley. The above thoughts, insights, or recommendations are my own meek musings.
I was fortunate to receive a free ARC of this book from Netgalley. The above thoughts, insights, or recommendations are my own meek musings.
jterbrack's review
5.0
The story is cute (and perfect for my youngest students) but it's the illustrations that really make this book so sweet! Excited to read this one and talk about Greta with my kiddos.
calistareads's review
4.0
I love some Greta Thunberg. I love to hear to tell it to world leaders as it is.
This is told like a little bit of a fairytale. Greta lives in a forest and the animals are being wiped out by giants who have built cities and factories and are killing everything. Greta isn’t scared and she stands up to them by protesting. It’s a lovely story, because in this one, the giants actually listen to the kids and make changes and save the world unlike the real world where they listen to her and ignore her and go about their business, at least some of them.
I think it’s makes the idea of Climate change easier to understand as an allegory like this. There is a 2 page spread at the end about Climate Change and the real Greta Thunberg. It also shows this as a collective problem that we all need to band together to solve. I think it’s well done and I like the cartoony artwork used. Greta is very cute here.
The nephew enjoyed all the critters in the book. It wasn’t really funny and not so monstery, although, the giants were somewhat monsters, but he didn’t count them. He gave this 3 stars and wanted something with more action. I need to get something just for him soon. I’ll have to look for it. Ninjas or lord help me, video games.
This is told like a little bit of a fairytale. Greta lives in a forest and the animals are being wiped out by giants who have built cities and factories and are killing everything. Greta isn’t scared and she stands up to them by protesting. It’s a lovely story, because in this one, the giants actually listen to the kids and make changes and save the world unlike the real world where they listen to her and ignore her and go about their business, at least some of them.
I think it’s makes the idea of Climate change easier to understand as an allegory like this. There is a 2 page spread at the end about Climate Change and the real Greta Thunberg. It also shows this as a collective problem that we all need to band together to solve. I think it’s well done and I like the cartoony artwork used. Greta is very cute here.
The nephew enjoyed all the critters in the book. It wasn’t really funny and not so monstery, although, the giants were somewhat monsters, but he didn’t count them. He gave this 3 stars and wanted something with more action. I need to get something just for him soon. I’ll have to look for it. Ninjas or lord help me, video games.
bookdragon_library's review
4.0
Beautiful illustrations. A nice moral message about taking care of the forest and working together. Shows how Greta started a silent protest against the giants destroying the forest and was slowly joined by more people until the giants finally took notice. The story has a happy ending where the giants feel bad about their actions, change their ways and bring the forest and animals back. The back of the book has one page about Greta Thunberg and her protest about global climate change and then one page listing how kids can help with the movement for change.
**There is some criticism surrounding this book that it gives Greta credit for being the "first" activist for climate change and discounts Native Americans and other people's fights throughout history. I do not think that statement is completely accurate. The book written as a metaphor and I think it can be an ode to Greta's contribution to the CURRENT movement to fight for climate change without discounting past contributions. Not every book out there can go back and talk about every single former person who has contributed towards something.
**There is some criticism surrounding this book that it gives Greta credit for being the "first" activist for climate change and discounts Native Americans and other people's fights throughout history. I do not think that statement is completely accurate. The book written as a metaphor and I think it can be an ode to Greta's contribution to the CURRENT movement to fight for climate change without discounting past contributions. Not every book out there can go back and talk about every single former person who has contributed towards something.
filipabooks's review
3.0
It's amazing how Greta is inspiring big and small people all around the world.
And this book is great for the little ones to have a grasp on what activism looks like.
The illustrations and colours are absolutely lovely, yet I don't really like the happy ending.
Even for kids, they deserve the truth, and that is that our house is on fire!
And this book is great for the little ones to have a grasp on what activism looks like.
The illustrations and colours are absolutely lovely, yet I don't really like the happy ending.
Even for kids, they deserve the truth, and that is that our house is on fire!
bargainandbooks's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I felt the giants representation of adults, corporations, etc was really great. The illustrations were really pretty and I thought that the message was important.
A beautiful way to send an important message.
A beautiful way to send an important message.