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A review by josh_caporale
Who Wants a Tortoise? by Dave Keane
4.0
4.5 stars
This is a cute little book that answers the questions of: What is a tortoise really thinking? and Will we ever know? The young girl, who is the subject of this piece, really wants a puppy for her birthday and thinks and dreams about all of the great things that she could do with her new puppy friend that she can only assure she is getting for her birthday. However, her father is allergic to dogs and the most her parents can settle on is a tortoise. The young girl is not too thrilled at first and, based on the facial expressions of the tortoise, neither is the tortoise. The young girl, however, finds the positives of having the tortoise as a pet, such as dressing them up, setting up a lemonade stand where the customers can buy lemonade and/or the opportunity to hold a tortoise, and so many other great things.
This book does a great job demonstrating that you just have to give things an opportunity before you make a judgment about them and that includes pets. While dogs and puppies offer unique opportunities, allergies and living situations may prevent people from being able to keep them, but there are great things you are able to do with other kinds of pets, even if they are different. I liked the illustration from K.G. Campbell and the way it was arranged within the text. Most importantly, though, the tortoise remained an enigma. We know the tortoise likes to eat and sleep, but while we can assume how we would feel having an owner like the young girl in this book, we cannot say for sure that the tortoise loathed their living situation. Nevertheless, the tortoise can be assured that they were being loved.
Quite a fun read!
This is a cute little book that answers the questions of: What is a tortoise really thinking? and Will we ever know? The young girl, who is the subject of this piece, really wants a puppy for her birthday and thinks and dreams about all of the great things that she could do with her new puppy friend that she can only assure she is getting for her birthday. However, her father is allergic to dogs and the most her parents can settle on is a tortoise. The young girl is not too thrilled at first and, based on the facial expressions of the tortoise, neither is the tortoise. The young girl, however, finds the positives of having the tortoise as a pet, such as dressing them up, setting up a lemonade stand where the customers can buy lemonade and/or the opportunity to hold a tortoise, and so many other great things.
This book does a great job demonstrating that you just have to give things an opportunity before you make a judgment about them and that includes pets. While dogs and puppies offer unique opportunities, allergies and living situations may prevent people from being able to keep them, but there are great things you are able to do with other kinds of pets, even if they are different. I liked the illustration from K.G. Campbell and the way it was arranged within the text. Most importantly, though, the tortoise remained an enigma. We know the tortoise likes to eat and sleep, but while we can assume how we would feel having an owner like the young girl in this book, we cannot say for sure that the tortoise loathed their living situation. Nevertheless, the tortoise can be assured that they were being loved.
Quite a fun read!