Review: Perfect Children's Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 12, 2013
Humpfree is no ordinary camel. While must have a hump or 2, our poor friend has none. Follow him through his trials & errors as he attempts to create humps for himself. Can Humpfree learn to appreciate who he was meant to be?Young-Min Yoon has illustrated for Julia Dweck this time out. Humpfree is drawn as adorable as readers would imagine him to be. Though I must admit, our favorite pic was Humpfree's unfortunate outing with the balloons! None of the camels in Humpfree's community are mean to him that we witness. His battle is mostly with his own self-esteem. I appreciated that the negativity he experienced was only implied. Mrs. Dweck is seasoned enough to know that children don't need to read about bullying. They see plenty. She deserves kudos for that!A recurrent theme in all her books is perseverance. She's accomplished that again. While Humpfree was never meant to have humps, he took it upon himself to keep trying new things even when he failed epically. This is the perfect type of book that pre-K children need to have read to them. My youngest & I read it together & he had the same feelings I did. This book has a great message for young readers.If your child's teacher has a reading corner, Humpfree needs to find a home there too. 5 highly recommended stars for `Humpfree the Humpless Camel'!If you haven't read `Blucy' or `Mary Had a Sleepy Sleep', don't miss these two gems either! All 3 are available via Amazon. I received 1 eBook in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.