Review: Be true to oneself no matter what.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
Mary Danino has written a lovely picture book with a moral lesson. Poddy, the hedgehog, is given the cold-shoulder by his group of friends because he can at times be noisy, awkward and dangerous in his ways. After a group meeting, they decide to ban him from the meadow. Poddy then decides to change himself to please his friends and wishes he had been born anything but a hedgehog. As is typical in these types of social rejections, a few of his friends hesitate to exclude him, as he is after all a good friend. Others are more adamant and say mean things about him that they would never say in front of him.The illustrations in Ado in the Meadow are wonderful and the characters very likeable. Certainly a great choice for a cosy reading experience between adult and child. The young reader will delight in the colourful pictures while learning a valuable lesson: to be true to oneself no matter what