Wheelbarrow Wilbur
Written by Narine Groome
Illustrated by Bevan Fidler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-14-350350-7
Summary/Back cover:
Wilbur the terrier was cuddly not fat,
a dog twice as big as your average cat.
Will owned the Abbots,
as the Abbots owned him -
Mum, Dad and Lucy, and the best of all Tim.
Review:
This is a fun rhyming picture book about a bouncy and active dog who develops a love of ice cream. It's fairly long so is probably aimed at children from kindergarten age and up, but is enjoyable to read and has bright and fun illustrations. The story has an important message about eating too much junk food and the impact this has on Wilbur's health and happiness. It manages to get this information across without being in any way preachy, and certainly doesn't say that eating ice cream as a treat is bad, just that eating ice cream and other bad foods every day is not healthy. In summary this is a fun, bright and attractive book that we would recommend!
Review written by Sally
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