Author: Ruth Gannett
Lexile measure: 990
Language: Acceptable
Violence: The protagonist is "whipped" by his mother for disobedience
Big Kid Mature Topics: after he's whipped, he runs away.
Illustrations: frequent shaded paintings
Plot: moderately complex, but somewhat repetitive.
This is a very short book. My daughter read it on the way home from the library, but she liked it. The characters aren't very deep, the plot doesn't go into great detail, but its actually perfect for preschoolers and kids beginning to read. I would not recommend this for older children because it is so very simplistic (how did he know to bring all this stuff to pacify all the different animals he meets?) Another plus, it has short chapters so its a nice easy read-aloud for adults :)
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