Review: Not for all ages. Excellent for its target audience.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
I can see why a third, fourth or fifth grader would enjoy this gentle friendly adventure. The simple moral is clear and who in this day and age doubts the merit of judging a person by the content of character rather than color of skin. But neither the plot nor the characters had the complexity to engage me as an adult reader. I found it dull. I still rated it highly for it is approproate for its intended audience. I should add that the values expressed regarding race and gender issues sounded very 1960s and parents born in the eighties might find them hard to identify these parochlal concerns with current viewpoints.