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A review by beccabookshelf
Flooded by Mariajo Illustrajo
5.0
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Stars
In this story water is slowly flooding the city. At first all the animals go on with their lives, however as the water level rises it becomes a problem for the smaller creatures. Most of the larger animals don't really pay attention to the problem as it isn't really affecting them. Soon enough the city becomes so flooded that it can't be ignored, so all the animals must work together to pull the plug and drain the city.
I just want to say how absolutely beautiful this book is! The illustrations are just impeccable, it has quite a sketchy art style with everything being in greyscale apart from the almost watercolour-esque blue of the water and the bold yellow of our main character's tail. This bright yellow can be used to track our protagonist throughout the pages as some scenes can get quite chaotic with lots of animals everywhere. I like how the book highlights that the same problem can have a different effect on different people/animals, and how it is important to keep an eye out for each other and work together to solve a problem before it grows out of hand.
I cannot wait to get myself a hard copy so I can read it out to my preschool class, with conversations to follow on our topics of caring for others, diversity, problem solving, as well as climate change and caring for our environment. This book is such a great starting off point for many different conversation topics for children.
This book would be best suited for an adult to read out loud to children 3+.
Children's Fiction, Science, Outdoors & Nature, Picture Book
40 pages
I received this as an eBook through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
In this story water is slowly flooding the city. At first all the animals go on with their lives, however as the water level rises it becomes a problem for the smaller creatures. Most of the larger animals don't really pay attention to the problem as it isn't really affecting them. Soon enough the city becomes so flooded that it can't be ignored, so all the animals must work together to pull the plug and drain the city.
I just want to say how absolutely beautiful this book is! The illustrations are just impeccable, it has quite a sketchy art style with everything being in greyscale apart from the almost watercolour-esque blue of the water and the bold yellow of our main character's tail. This bright yellow can be used to track our protagonist throughout the pages as some scenes can get quite chaotic with lots of animals everywhere. I like how the book highlights that the same problem can have a different effect on different people/animals, and how it is important to keep an eye out for each other and work together to solve a problem before it grows out of hand.
I cannot wait to get myself a hard copy so I can read it out to my preschool class, with conversations to follow on our topics of caring for others, diversity, problem solving, as well as climate change and caring for our environment. This book is such a great starting off point for many different conversation topics for children.
This book would be best suited for an adult to read out loud to children 3+.
Children's Fiction, Science, Outdoors & Nature, Picture Book
40 pages
I received this as an eBook through NetGalley in return for an honest review.