Having young grandchildren, “Mine” is a word I hear a lot. This beautifully illustrated book uses only three words to get a message across, Mine, Yours and Ours. When Little Panda encroaches on Big Panda’s home and food, he very directly points out mine and yours to him. While playing with his new kite, Little Panda has issues controlling it and is told over and over “Mine” as he gets too close and disrupts others. As all the animals get tied up in the string, Big Panda rescues them and they realize that “Ours” will solve the many problems and make them happy together. While it is a nice book, I had to have a discussion and explain to my grandson what was happening before he understood, my granddaughter didn’t understand at all. All the animals are from Asia (I like when a book sticks to a continent with it’s characters) and they tell the name of each one at the end of the book. A nice way to further an investigation into the animals. I enjoyed this very simple 3 word book. The publisher generously provided a copy of this book upon request. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own.

Mine. Yours is a tale told through beautiful artwork. Little Panda keeps getting his kite tangled in other animals' business and they don't appreciate it. They send him away, but not before they make clear what is theirs. "Mine," they all say about their possessions. All little panda wants is someone to play with and is willing to share his kite with anyone Eventually, little panda, and the rest of the animals learn the importance of sharing and cooperation. With only a handful of words, this books relies on the illustrations to guide the story. The simplicity of it allows children to tell the story themselves. Young children will relate to the feeling of "mine" and understand the message of sharing. For children having difficulty understanding sharing, this story keeps from preaching to them that it is good to share. Instead, it shows them that it normal to feel possessive, but that in the end, it is more fun when you let others join in!
The animals in the story are adorable and silly. Although I appreciate the illustrations, I still prefer a story that is told with words. Children enjoy dialogue which builds characters. For this reason, children may require explanation or at least guidance from an adult to point out some of the more subtle pieces of the action.

Lovely story about the importance of sharing. I liked the note at the end that says that all animals featured are Asian animals, I know that the pandas are Asian of course, but I thought the others weren't because they were raccoons, mice, otters. That was really cool. The art was very beautiful, I think even if it doesn't have a lot of text, it will be great for story telling and describing.

This lightly-worded book includes a lovely message and some absolutely gorgeous art! Will recommend.

This story book has amusing, whimsical illustrations and a simple text. The young Panda is learning about what he can and cannot have. There is an adventure with a kite and a chance to move away from mine and yours to ours. At the back of the book, there are notes about the animal breeds that are featured in the story. It will be a cute addition for a young child's bookshelf.

How do you get from pointing out... this is mine... that is yours... and now let's enjoy... ours together? Can that transition be made so everyone is happy?

Big Panda is nestled in his den when Little Panda randomly wanders inside and declares... " Ours? " Oh my, Big Panda is not amused and definitely is in no mood to share. He emphatically says.... "Mine." He then exits with Little Panda and plunks him on a rock outside and says... "Yours." My, he is quite cranky isn't he?

The following morning Little Panda is ravenous and once again approaches Big Panda and wants to share his breakfast of yummy bamboo leaves, shoots and stems. Infuriated Big Panda tells him "Mine". Part of his heart melts about being so stern towards the innocent little fellow. He looks around his den and offers Little Panda a kite which he hopes will make him happy and go away. "Yours"... he says.

Little Panda is overjoyed with his new gift. He runs about trying hard to get his kite to fly. Hurray it's finally airborne how fun! Then things start to get chaotic. The kite's tale gets all tangled up in the other animal's activities causing chaos and damage. Over and over again Little Panda hears... this is "Mine"... the kite is "Yours." Although Little Panda wants to make things right with the other animals the pesky old wind has other ideas. It keeps blowing his kite on and on. The animals themselves get twisted up in the unforgiving string as they try to retrieve their belongings. Oh my! They need to be rescued. Whatever shall they do? Finally they are saved and together, as a group, they learn the meaning of "Ours" and how sharing can be a truly beautiful thing.

This book features animals that are found throughout Asia: giant pandas, pangolin, fishing cat, river otter, Chinese jumping mice, yellow-throated martins and golden snug-nosed monkey just to name a few. The very simple and sparse text is greatly enriched by illustrations that are rendered in pen and ink and water-colour. ( my all time favourite style). "Mine. Yours." is about kindness, inclusiveness, friendship, compassion and community. The names of all the Asian animals are listed at the beginning of the book so the reader can identify them correctly. I highly recommend this book.

This whimsical, short tale is likely to be as endearing to adult caretakers as it is to small children. Too often, parents find themselves in daily situations where they have to say "no" to their children, i.e. the child is being unsafe, threatening to damage something dear to the parent, etc. Through this tale, we follow our young friend as he stumbles awkwardly (through no fault of his own, but just in his toddler way) through a world made for adults. The illustrations have a gentleness reminiscent of Winnie the Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard. What I took from it personally and as a parent, is that I need to slow down and allow myself to just "be" and accept and cherish small children as they are. This is a lesson we all know but, I think, can all appreciate as well.
This book may not be groundbreaking, but it is very sweet and ultimately, warm.

I loved this one! As a preschool teacher I am constantly hearing the kids say, “Mine, Mine, Mine!”
Through beautiful illustrations the children can follow along with this simple story of two giant pandas. The younger panda wanders upon the giant panda sleeping and he is not in the mood to share his cave, so he offers the young panda a kite to entertain him out in the forest. The kite and young panda disrupt the forest as they come in contact with many animals shouting the same thing to the young panda, “Yours, Mine!” They all come together in the end to say,”ours!”
Thank you to Kids Can Press and NetGalley for this adorable picture book on sharing. My opinions are my own. This title will be featured on my blog Friday November 30, 2018.
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Arnold's simplistic story only has two words: Mine and Yours, but Lang's wonderful illustrations tell the tale of two giant pandas and a wayward kite. A young giant panda stumbles upon an older, grumpier giant panda and wants to share his cave, but the older panda wants nothing to do with the youngster, so he gives him a kite. The kite takes him through the forest as he discovers other Chinese animals. In the end, everyone discovers it is more fun to share than say "Mine."

Thank you to Kids Can Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance readers copy of this wonderful story.

A really lovely and simple book, perfect for little children. Some drawings are not easy to read (maybe it is easier on paper depending on the size of the book).

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the book. With minimal text, (three words) this book is a great addition for the youngest audience. The book does a great job with its illustrations showing what happens when lines are blurred between "mine" and "yours"" Little panda faces lots of cranky faces and reminders of the "mine" and "yours" concept. Fortunately, the book introduces a third word - "ours." Cooperation, messiness and a sweet display of warmth and friendship round out this book.

What a great simple book! My daughter and I loved the illustration. I could see myself reading this book to my little after school kids.

*thank you to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review*

3 stars.

I really thought I'd love this. Unfortunately I had a few issues. I didn't like the way Big Panda came across as mad. He seemed harsh and I know the author and illustrator ment for him to be, but for me it was a turn off. I dont think kids will like seeing that but I could be wrong. Another thing was that I found the text to be confusing. Now I know that sounds silly as there is basically just two words through out the whole book but what I ment was that I felt the text was in the wrong places with the illustrations. I did get a little confused with who was saying what. Also, while the illustrations were good. I felt something was missing. Maybe if they were a tiny bit sharper? Maybe i was looking too hard but in oarts they seemed out of focus. Again this might have been intended. Otherwise I do like the whole watercolour type style. It was beautiful.

Ohh I feel like this is mostly negitives but I really did also like it. It was 50/50 for me. I dont know if I'd buy it but if it was in a library I would pick it up to look through and maybe read it to my 2 yr old niece.

As clear evidence that less can be more, this book offers three words and three words alone in its script. A young panda's misadventures with and without a kite turn into a really quite charming tale of cooperation, in a way that's a lot more dramatic than similar moral-giving tales I've seen for this audience. Lovely illustrations, too – although you have to turn to the notes to find out what some of the other animals are actually doing. To save you time, the monkey is playing keepy-uppy with a heavy shuttlecock thing, and the jumping mice are just jumping mice – although what that black thing around their mushrooms is remains a mystery. Anyway, that's already clear evidence that more is less, so I'll just end by saying this is well worth a look. A strong four stars.