Review: `I think we did a good deed today.'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
The Brothers is a publishing team of two married fathers of young children, a team of writers and illustrators who have elected to turn their attention to creating books for children. "We provide the children with the correct tools to deal with the day -to-day issues of the world....we want the children.... to explore, to be able to cope and to make use of knowledge, tools and wisdom to solve problems and cope in our world.'Leo is a seven-year-old young lad who loves with his parents, his younger sister and his cat Milkshake: Leo is a Superhero and loves to sport the superhero outfit his mother made for him. Early one Sunday morning, while it is still dark, Leo is awakened by Milkshake who appears to want to show Leo something. Leo complies, puts on his superhero outfit, and the two go quietly to the kitchen where Milkshake shows Leo a small hole in the wall. Using his mother's hand mirror Leo looks in the hole and sees a little gray mouse. Milkshake leads Leo to the yard where the two see a little family of mice looking for something. Leo's superhero brain pops into action, he gathers his Legos, a piece of cheese, and a cereal box and sets the items by the hole. Gradually the little mouse come out, sees the cheese, and Leo catches the little mouse in the cereal box. Leo and Milkshake then take the little lost mouse to its family outside, but before leaving after their major rescue mission, Milkshake takes the piece cheese and gives each member of the mouse family a portion. Happy about their good deed Leo and Milkshake return to bed, pleased with their adventure.Not only is this a very well illustrated story with a connected story that children will love, it also offers a different angle of the relationship of cat and mouse, suggests just what is a heroic adventure (in this case it is a good deed), shares the benefits of creativity and patience and a tender little tale about the importance of family - human and animal. Children will love this book and we can only hope The Brothers have many more stories to share. Mission accomplished Grady Harp. September 13