A review by olivias
Who Wants a Tortoise? by Dave Keane

4.0

The main character asks for a dog for her birthday, but the box with holes in the top contains...a tortoise? It turns out that tortoises cannot do a lot of the things that dogs do, but they can do some things that are kind of great. A cute story with funny details. The illustrations are just okay, but I feel like the author really has a sense of how to imbue that crucial sweetness of details and humour into his writing, which comes through every few pages. Not amazing, but pretty good. I feel like he's almost great. Will check out his other books. Good for a story time, but a bit long, so maybe 5+