Cute and simple story about blaming others for lost things that you misplaced yourself. Happy ending. Good for lower elementary for character building.

A comical front cover that made me immediately smile.
A mystery for young readers to find out just who took this squirrels nuts?
Packed with spirit! written in a fun poetic style and told with gorgeous illustrations that gripped me!
It perfectly deals with the issue of taking responsibility for your own mistakes.
I give it five stars!

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I have been looking for some interesting children’s books to read for 2019. So, I went to NetGalley to seek out some children’s books and I found Marcus Pfister’s children’s book “Who Stole the Hazelnuts?” And man, was it such a hilarious read!

Everything in the forest was nice and quiet until a piercing scream is heard throughout the forest. The scream belongs to the squirrel and it turns out that his hazelnuts were stolen! So, the squirrel went around the forest trying to find the true culprit of this crime!

Will the squirrel find his hazelnuts?

Read this book to find out!

I have never read any of Marcus Pfister’s books before, especially the “Rainbow Fish” series (even though I have seen the TV series). So, this was the first book that I had read by him and I was pretty impressed by this book! Marcus Pfister has done an excellent job at both writing and illustrating this book as the story is both hilarious and mysterious at the same time. I was wondering throughout the whole book about who actually stole the squirrel’s hazelnuts and I was quite surprised by the ending! I also loved Marcus Pfister’s artwork as it is both gorgeous and hilarious to look at as the squirrel’s facial expressions are a bit exaggerated whenever he looks so surprised.

The only slight problem that I have with this book was that the squirrel started accusing his forest friends a little too easily. I would have thought that he would have given more thought to the situation instead of just accusing his friends without any evidence.

Overall, “Who Stole the Hazelnuts?” was a truly hilarious and mysterious book that children who love reading about mysteries with a hilarious twist will read over and over again! I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book, unless you find the squirrel’s accusations against the other animals a little troubling.

The illustrations are lovely! I read this with my 4-year old, and I think she responded to the sweet animals, as well as the message. This is a great book to read to your kids if you can do fun voices for all the animals. We'll read it again, for sure.

This is a wonderful rhyming picture book with fun word choice for developing vocabularies.

A squirrel has lost his three hazelnuts and accuses all the animals of stealing.
Only to find he misplaced them himself.

This story holds many opportunities for lessons on fact and opinion, being responsible and apologizing.

I loved it and will be acquiring it for our school library.

I love Marcus Pfister's stories! This one was fun, too! I think the kiddos will enjoy it. It teaches a good lesson about falsely accusing others of theft. The littlest littles may need some explanations along the way. The illustrations were wonderful-as always!

A beautiful book for children! I read this to my son (who’s 2.5) and we both enjoyed it. The illustrations were lovely and the rhyme of the story was catchy and easy-to-read.

Who Stole the Hazelnuts?

I adored this story written and illustrated by Marcus Pfister, and David Henry Wilson’s translation is great. The animals are delightful, the plot is relatable, and the moral will stand the test of time. It even encouraged me to rhyme.

The forest floor is quiet and happy.
Or at least it was... until the squirrel got snappy.
He had three hazelnuts, but all were lost.
Though he would find them at any cost!
The squirrel questioned each neighbor and accused friends of theft.
He eventually went home. No suspects were left.
When he got there, he found in the leaves
Something quite wonderful. His friends were not thieves!
He decided to celebrate, for he was quite glad.
But his friends were understandably a little bit mad.
“We told you the truth. We didn’t lie,”
The animals all agreed with a sigh.
He said, “Listen friends, I must confess.
I’m terribly sorry I made such a mess.”


Thanks to NetGalley and North South Books for the opportunity to read this book. My review is honest and unbiased. #NetGalley #WhoStoleTheHazelnuts

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In this story squirrel can't find his 3 hazelnuts, so he immediately begins accusing each of his fellow animals of the theft. One by one they deny involvement through rhyme until squirrel realizes no one stole them. Although at the end he does apologize, I think there was opportunity to explore a bit more at the end regarding how to look at all possibilities before going to the worst one and potentially harming friendships. The watercolor pictures were beautiful to look at with so many colors the meshed together very nicely.

This is a great book for teaching children to think about possible reasons/solutions without blaming others first. Just because something is misplaced does not mean that someone stole it! There are cute illustrations and a wonderful lesson.

I loved this book and was planning on a five star rating until the very end. The rhyming story was fun and entertaining, and the illustrations were very pretty. The squirrel loses his nuts and goes around accusing all of his friends. But once he realizes he had just misplaced them, his apology was blown over with one quick line which just fell flat for me. I feel like there was a missed opportunity to provide a real teachable lesson about accepting responsibility for mistakes and formulating an honest apology.

This was a very cute story of a squirrel blaming everyone but himself when he can't find something. I loved the watercolor images throughout the story. They were beautiful to look at and could easily talk about the art when reading the story to little ones.

Such a fun, cute books. I read it to my little ones and they just loved it!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Having enjoyed Pfister's classic titles such as the Rainbow Fish, Penguin Pete and Dazzle the Dinosaur as a child, I was thrilled to discover a new title from this fantastic author-illustrator to share with my own children.

Beautifully illustrated in modern, bright watercolour, Who Stole the Hazelnuts tells the story of a squirrel beside himself with worry over his lost snacks. My children loved the animated expressions on the animals faces, rolling about giggling at the sight of our shocked hero and his disgruntled friends.

The rhyming text has been masterfully translated and flows beautifully, building anticipation and using humour to great effect.

A lovely book to read together.

Squirrel doesn't find her hazelnuts and doubts that someone has stolen them. Without doing a recheck, she blames her friends only to find that none of them had taken her hazelnuts! Cute illustrations and nice story.

This is a brand new rhyming book from the author of the very popular "Rainbow Fish" series. The silence in the calm, quiet forest is interrupted by a scream from squirrel. His three hazelnuts have been stolen and he is determined to find the culprit who is responsible for such a dastardly deed.

He visits each of his forests friends: mole, mouse, hamster, even fox and interrogates them to try to solve this heinous crime. Each animal pleads innocent .... but are they? Squirrel still has his suspicions.

Downhearted and hungry squirrel returns to his tree. Then a miracle happens. Can you guess what it might be?

This book provides a great life lesson. Do not accuse anyone of a crime unless you have solid evidence to convict them. Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The watercolour illustrations are very well done and express lots of emotions and detail.

I wish the author had expanded on squirrel's apology and for me the ending was a little to abrupt. Squirrel is supposed to have had only three hazelnuts but an illustration is shown towards the end of the book with him having an armload full. I wish after him saying sorry to his friends for his unfounded accusations that he would have taken that abundance of nuts and shared them with his friends to seal his acknowledgement of his overreactive behaviour. I certainly think after the harsh allegations a forgive-me-party would have been a lovely way to wrap up the story.

A simple tale of a squirrel that's gone nutty when his stash of hazelnuts seems to have been stolen. Perfectly done in great rhyme, the real plus to the book is the wonderful artwork, with really expressive animals given great character. Never has a fox looked so louche in watercolour before. Definitely four and a half stars – the ending was a little blunt, and the rabbit could have been cuter, but it was very close to perfection.

Amazingly beautiful watercolor pictures! Cute little forest mystery, great length for bedtime and the rhymes are great!

Who Stole the Hazelnuts is a cute little story about a squirrel that can’t find her hazelnuts. She decides to interrogate the other animals in the forest to discover who stole the nuts.

The story is cute, and it has a good moral lesson, even if I wasn’t a fan of the illustrations. If you’re looking for a simple and short bedtime story for young kids, this one may work for you.

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

This is an adorable mystery. With beautiful illustrations and a sing-song flow to the cadence, Who Stole the Hazelnuts, is a fun story for kids and families. I think it has a good lesson about assumptions and accusations. I definitely think this one would go over best with the kindergarten/possibly late preschool age group.

Thank you to NetGalley and NorthSouth Books, Inc. for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.