Review: Fabulous picture, interesting fable, and a great conversation starter with young children!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2013
This children's Folktale has great pictures, watercolor I think, and we all know young kids love the pictures most of all.  This tale could actually have several different endings, at least as you are guessing along the way.  In fact, I discussed this with my granddaughter who is 3  yo.  That is, what other ways could things have happened in such a way that the story might end differently?  She understood my question and offered two other possibilities laden with demonstrating better manners than Mr. Rat had shown.  This story has good conversation starters with young readers about manners, loyalty, postponing gratification, and even stereo-typing,  and there is no better story than one you can talk about.  I highly recommend it especially for that reason, and the brightly colored pictures as well.