 | Little Shrew Author: Miyakoshi, Akiko | |
| Price: $14.99 | ||
Summary:
This collection of three interconnected stories follows the life of Little Shrew as he goes about his everyday activities of commuting to work to reflecting on his hopes and dreams to welcoming his friends for a visit.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (03/09/24)
School Library Journal (04/23/24)
Booklist (07/01/24)
The Hornbook (+) (05/30/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 07/01/2024 Rendered in soft charcoal, mild-mannered Shrew, a big-eyed, tiny creature in a jaunty scarf, goes about his day-to-day in this gentle, quiet slice-of-life early chapter book. First Shrew describes his daily routine of eating breakfast, taking the train to work, eating lunch with a coworker, and running errands on the way home. In the next story, he buys a second-hand television and dreams of faraway places. The final story features Shrew getting ready for a yearly visit from his friends, the warmth of familiar company, and the quiet once they return home. There’s a melancholy quality to Shrew’s ostensibly lonely life, but there’s also a touch of the fantastic—he’s a small mammal occupying a human-scale world, which might strike a chord with children, who exist in a world largely designed for much-bigger adults. This lacks the over-the-top silliness that characterizes many early chapter books for this age group, and children who are drawn to quiet, spare worlds that ignite their imaginations will easily get pulled in by its unusual charm. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
