I read this book with my 5 year old daughter and we both loved it! The story is a whodunit about a squirrel whose hazelnuts were stolen. The artwork was beautiful. Some children’s stories are difficult to read because the cadence is off, but this book flowed so easily. This is one that will definitely be in our rotation!

This is an adorable picture book with a quirky story. The illustrations are detailed and colorful. Overall, an entertaining read.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

Who Stole the Hazelnuts is a beautifully illustrated children's picture book that started off with an important message but felt flat for me with the ending. The book attempted to discuss false accusation with I think is a powerful topic and an important one to discuss with kids. Unfortunately, I felt like the book ended too quickly without a full resolution or apology...which just didn't sit well with me...especially as a story that is trying to share about such an important lesson.

Who Stole The Hazelnuts? is a children’s book by the award-winning author of the Rainbow Fish series, Marcus Pfister. It has been translated into English by David Henry Wilson. Squirrel discovers his three hazelnuts are missing. On the flimsiest of evidence, or none at all, he accuses his innocent-looking friends in the forest, who indignantly protest their innocence. Their reaction, when he discovers his error, is understandable; his apology might have been more than just mentioned-in-passing, but there are some valuable lessons here for young readers.
The rhymes are cute and the illustrations are beautiful watercolours with the animals and their forest well rendered, although the picture of squirrel screaming his discovery of the theft is a little creepy.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and NorthSouth Books Inc.

It was a cute book. A nice read but missing a little something. However, did enjoy. Full review will be up shortly.

Another wonderful tale by Marcus Pfister! This one involves a poor squirrel searching everywhere for his lost nuts. Some of the words used are a little advanced for the younger crowd but as long as adults explain the meanings, little children will more than enjoy the graphics. The story serves as a good life lesson for adults and children.
I received an arc from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This is a cute story with a big lesson. Make sure of yourself before you make accusations! I really enjoyed the way the writing flowed and how fun this story was. Poor squirrel just wanted his food back but the poor animals had to deal with all his accusations! The watercolor illustrations are beautiful. I think this is a great kids book because it's fun but also has the big lesson!

This was a super cute fun read. The rhyming and the pictures were so much fun! Plus, there was a nice moral in the end!

The images in this book are actually quite odd and the text is stilted without flow or rhythm. As such, I wouldn't recommend this book for children.

I liked the art. I thought it taught a good lesson at the end. I was not a fan of some of the wording, animals, and I thought there were some errors with unneeded capitol letters.

Now that was a fun little book! I work in a kindergarten and I am pretty sure my students would love to hear the story of the little squirrel who lost his nuts! Loved the illustrations too, I am a big fan of the watercolours.

The main character reminded me of the little squirrel from Moomin's books I read when i was a kid... apparently they tend to forget where their nuts are! Aren't they lovely :P

Good job with the translation too! 5 stars for sure!

Poor little squirrel got himself in a jam, a real sticky one if I do say so when he accused his neighbors of stealing his nuts. It is not a nice thing when someone accuses you of stealing and you know without a doubt you didn’t do it, you feel tainted and hurt. So little squirrel had to do the right thing by everyone, say I’m sorry. A lovely fun, quirky and educative read.

I don't quite know what to make of this one. It's a rhyming story about a false accusation. I liked where it was going... until it wasn't going there anymore. Let me explain.

The squirrel loses three hazelnuts, and he thinks one of his forest friends must've stolen them. So he goes around accusing them all. Each one proclaims their innocence. Eventually, the squirrel finds the missing nuts tucked under some leaves, not stolen after all. His friends are kind of annoyed with him, and tell him that next time he wants to make a fuss about missing nuts, he should look at himself first before accusing them.

This is where the book kind of failed for me. Does the squirrel apologize for his behaviour? Yes, he does... in one sentence that tells rather than shows. Blink and you'll miss it. For a premise based on false accusations, there should've been more made of the apology. Instead, we're told the squirrel apologized, and then we see him eating his nuts.

The illustrations also left me with mixed feelings. Some are really quite lovely. (They look like watercolour to me.) But some of the critters creeped me out a little bit. I think it's the human-like hands that a few of them have.

If the resolution and apology had been handled better, I would've given this one a higher rating. As it is, though, the message is kind of weak and doesn't emphasize enough what the squirrel needed to do to make things right with the other animals.