Review: A great adventure
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2012
Burly and Grum are two unusual creatures. Burly is a talking bear who is very large and very friendly, and Grum is a groblin. Groblins are quite unique and well, green.In this story, Burly and Grum and their human friend Max start their day with a nice picnic by the river but decide to go adventuring to find the secret city. However, in the middle of their fun comes danger and Grum's brothers come to join the adventure.I read this aloud to my four year old and he thought it was a great adventure. It is a chapter book with some pictures, but not very many. For younger children this makes a great story to read aloud, while it is also a great beginning chapter book for a more accomplished reader.The chapters are well organized and the language is easily accessible. The problems that the characters have to deal with are portrayed in a way that makes them easy to discuss with a small child. For each dilemma there is a clear good and poor choice which the story presents and it gives parents a great opportunity to discuss them with their child.Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this story and so did my four year old. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves the Hundred Acre Woods stories because it has the same feeling with a bit more fantasy thrown in.