Cover Image: You can do it, Squirrel!

You can do it, Squirrel!

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This is a nice book about friendship between a Squirrel and an Elephant.. I enjoyed reading this story to my children because we love animals tales. The illustrations are great.
Thank you Netgalley for this adventure.

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This sounded like a fun picture book for young kids according to the blurb but unfortunately, Amazon's renowned crappy Kindle conversion process destroyed the book. I downloaded it twice, once to my phone and once to my iPad, and in both cases, the book delivered a cover and nothing else. Every one of the seventeen pages was a black screen, so there was on book to read. Not that I'm racist! I enjoy a mix - black text and white background, or vice versa. Either color on its own is a fail! We have to stand together on this!

This is therefore more a review of Amazon's pathetic process and its lousy, destructive, abusive Kindle conversion process than it is of this novel. It sucks. I urge all publishers and authors to abandon Amazon and their pathetic process altogether. We're just handing them more and more power and they do not deserve it. They haven't earned it and don't even try. Please use a process that works and that does not shred, spindle, and mutilate your book. Use something that works, such as PDF, Barnes's and Nobles's Nook system or something else. Anything but Kindle.

I can't commend a book that has quite literally been gutted by Amazon.

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Oh. My. Word. I loved this book so much! The illustrations are so watercolor-y and whimsical and precious! The sweet story is about an adorable little elephant, and his friend, a squirrel. The message was so cute, and the writing was concise and enjoyable for even a very young little one. If you are looking for a whimsical, adorable read with a sweet message for your little one, definitely grab a copy of this!

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What a sweet story! Our 6 year old enjoyed this book and it was a great conversation starter. He is at the age where things can feel very frustrating and we talk a lot about learning as we go and also sometimes by making mistakes. I loved that these friends supportered each other when things went well and also when they didn’t....a great message in an easy to read format with beautiful illustrations. Thank you to NetGalley and Booksgosocial for gifting me a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.

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Thanks to Booksgosocial and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book in exchange for an honest review.

My daughter loves squirrels and elephants so when I saw the cover I jumped at the chance to read this. I thought this was a really cute story and I loved the illustrations. Besides the teamwork aspect, I loved how these two best friends are different animals. It isn't two squirrels or two elephants, so this example provides a great teaching opportunity I can use for my daughter. It's important for her to know that friendships come in all shapes and sizes and you don't always have to look the same to be friends. What is important is how we all have positive attributes that set us apart and make us special. When we recognize that in each other, we can accomplish anything! For that alone, I would buy this book and add it to her library. I also thought the bilingual aspect of this book is unique. I think German is a great language to teach, but it would be nice to offer in other languages as well.

Technical note: I had an awful time trying to get this title file to work properly on my kindle. I downloaded it several times and to several of my kindle devices before I was finally able to get it to work. I wish the publisher would have made this available to open in Adobe Digital Editions.

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This is a lovely tale of friendship and working together between Squirrel and his friend elephant. The art in this book is beautiful, so eye catching and certain to grab the attention of children and adults alike. A really sweet and heartwarming story, recommended to parents and babysitters

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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