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goodem9199's review
5.0
Yes, yes YES! If I authored a picture book...this would be it. Odd, unique, silly, sarcastic full of strange details that make it work. LOVED it. Who wouldn't? You've got your standard family...creepy daughter carries around 3 identical-to-her dolls named "The Three Jennifers," mom is a tiara designer and dad hacks hedges until they look like anteaters! Perfection! Throw in a tour guide named Sven, a rather stalker-esque small frozen chunk of Scandanavian ice that needs groomed each evening (darn gum and other road debris), and you have a one-of-a-kind tale. Awesomeness.
cimorene1558's review
4.0
Extremely odd, but I have no objection to oddness, and it's exactly my kind (of oddness)!
beths0103's review
4.0
I have two words to describe this picture book: ridiculous and delightful. I have a sneaking suspicion that the author of this book is a tad on the eccentric side. I'll be curious to see how students react to this book.
sasha_in_a_box's review
5.0
I chose this as part of an assignment for my children's lit class: read a real book and an ebook to some children, rope them in from the streets in necessary! The six-year-old twins and their eight-year-old sister who were passing by in my neighborhood were easily bribed with leftover snicker-doodle cupcakes from the best Friendsgiving of all time, despite the melting frosting. Maybe the mess was part of the appeal, who knows.
So we read the story of Cecil, a baby glacier who attaches himself to Ruby, a girl who just wants to be left alone by the weird things her parents keep introducing into her life and be normal. A dog would be a much better companion to her 3 identical dolls than a leaky pebble-eating glacier. But (SPOILERS!) his loyalty wins her over and Ruby learns that it's okay to be a little strange sometimes. Awwww.
I picked this one obviously because the title is amazing and I love green, and when I pulled it up on my GR app at the library, I remembered that karen is also a fan, so I was convinced and didn't pick up any other books. Good thing the kids liked it! They thought that the glacier creaking when happy was hysterical and went around making their own toys creak afterwards, which was adorable. Then things quickly devolved into toy-chucking chaos and then resulting somehow in the six-year-old boy twin asking to kiss me, so we wrapped it up rather immediately after. My essay natch got a 100% score so what I'm trying to say is that if you listen to karen, Queen of Goodreads, and read her favorite picture books to children, you will acquire many admirers and A's. Also, there are 15 different tiaras in the book - I know because we counted, loudly. You're welcome, world.
So we read the story of Cecil, a baby glacier who attaches himself to Ruby, a girl who just wants to be left alone by the weird things her parents keep introducing into her life and be normal. A dog would be a much better companion to her 3 identical dolls than a leaky pebble-eating glacier. But (SPOILERS!) his loyalty wins her over and Ruby learns that it's okay to be a little strange sometimes. Awwww.
I picked this one obviously because the title is amazing and I love green, and when I pulled it up on my GR app at the library, I remembered that karen is also a fan, so I was convinced and didn't pick up any other books. Good thing the kids liked it! They thought that the glacier creaking when happy was hysterical and went around making their own toys creak afterwards, which was adorable. Then things quickly devolved into toy-chucking chaos and then resulting somehow in the six-year-old boy twin asking to kiss me, so we wrapped it up rather immediately after. My essay natch got a 100% score so what I'm trying to say is that if you listen to karen, Queen of Goodreads, and read her favorite picture books to children, you will acquire many admirers and A's. Also, there are 15 different tiaras in the book - I know because we counted, loudly. You're welcome, world.
amydieg's review
4.0
Definitely better for a slightly older reader/audience, but I ended up finding it totally adorable.
shawnareads24's review
4.0
Ruby has a family that is anything but normal, and she craves normalcy. Her father is a topiary gardner and her mom designs tiaras, and both cause her embarrassment. While on vacation in Norway, Ruby, who has mentioned to her parents that she would like a pet, somehow is adopted by a pet glacier. YES, a PET GLACIER! This story is anything but normal, yet leaves you with a happy feeling in the end. A very creative story with equally creative illustrations!
heisereads's review
2.0
I really don't know what to think of this one. I didn't connect to the characters, so it was hard to get into it. It's weird, some might say eccentric, but it just wasn't for me. I can't picture my middle schoolers getting into this story, but would love to know if anyone has shared it with students and what they thought. It's a sweet story at its heart, but it was a struggle for me to get past the rest to get there.