Blue Badger was a funny, heartwarming story about a Badger trying to figure himself out. Badger was lovable and sweet. The illustrations were magnificent.

I loved this book and found the dry humor in it perfect for little kids. Badger doesn't feel quite right...he's having an identity crisis: is he what and black? Or black and what? After asking many friends (penguin, skunk, panda, zebra...all black and white animals) he comes to the understanding that it doesn't matter much about his colors, as long as he is kind on the inside.

Very relatable story for kids. And the illustrations are adorable!

A badger with blue bottom who doesn't know if he's white and black, or black and white. He doesn't swim, he can untie the bird, he's small and smell funny. But those don't matter. A wonderful book about self confidence, and how to be yourself.

I admire picture books that aim to validate emotions through character interactions. NO one shames Badger for being sad. They try to help him feel better and to understand himself. And gradually interacting with the world improves Badger's perception of himself. I love the color palate..

A cute book, badger can’t figure out what colour he is so he goes in search for answers. It’s a cute book but I didn’t really understand it’s message or purpose, it’s generally though a nice book that kids will enjoy- maybe not all books need a stark:obvious message.

This adorable story follows a badger as he goes from animal to animal to understand who he is, asking them each a question. It reminds me a bit of "Are You My Mother?" as each animal responds in its own way. The balance between the colorful pages, the black and white animals, and the text is clear and draws children's attention to animals in conversation. I can't wait to read this during our animals unit!

Blue Badger is about a young animal confused about his identity. He meets other black and white animals but isn't quite like them. I loved the beautiful illustrations, but felt the text could have been better. I wasn't really sure what the point was, but would have liked a storyline that makes a clear point about accepting ourselves or celebrating our differences.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a cute book for younger readers to access independently, with short simple text and some lovely illustrations. However, there wasn't much of a storyline to the book until the last couple of pages so it wasn't all that interesting to read.

This is a sweet way too small children's book that aims to deal with identity and self love/acceptance. As long as you are kind then it doesn't matter who or how you are, the book tells us. This format in children's book has been extremely overdone in recent years, in my opinion. I am obviously not the target audience and I'm happy if kids do like it, however this book literally has no attempt of story and I believe it could do a bit better. I don't think I would have cared for this at all when I was young appart from the cute illustrations. It just feels lazy in writing, too dependable on the cute animals to the point it was almost not worth having words.

Poor badger can’t figure what they are, and asks a series of other black and white furred and feathered creatures for help.

The story is wonderfully illustrated, with simple lines and blocks of colour, and the tone is calm, curious and compassionate, with a dash of humour.

Thank you to Netgalley and to Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books for this ARC in exchange for my review.

I got this on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

Although this was short and sweet, I also feel like it was a bit more confusing than it needed to be. Wish it had more of a intro and more of a story. Overall, not the kind of picture book for me.

WHAT a gorgeous children's book!!

This book gently introduces themes about identity and be able to accept ourselves as we are, something that is important at all ages. I believe if we start teaching children at a young age that we are ALL okay and that acceptance from ourselves first is the most important thing then I think things could change for everyone. This is a simple story, but packs a punch IN it's simplicity and will offer both parent/caregiver and child to have discussions on how to learn to love who you are, just where you are, as well as some laughter over blue bottoms!!

The artwork in this is just lovely. It is very calming and soothing and I enjoyed that just as much as the story itself. So well done and I would highly recommend this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Huw Lewis-Jones, Ben Sanders [Illustrator], and Quarto Publishing Group/
Frances Lincoln Children's Books/Happy Yak for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

We read a lot of picture books in this house and this one just didn't do it for us. The plot was lacking. The story wasn't particularly interesting and my kids and I just were not huge fans.

I wasn't really a fan of this. The art is super cool. I love the limited color palette and the high contrast images. It's got some fantastic spreads! I don't see the relevance of the story, though. It's not a bad story or point, but it's nothing really special.

Badger is suffering from an identity crisis. So, he sets off on a mission to find out if he is black and white or white and black? And why has his bottom turned blue?

On his adventures, he asks bird, dog, cow, skunk, zebra, panda, orca whale and penguin what they think. What badger fails to realise, though, is that it hasn't occurred to him to ask what colour they are. None of them can answer his question. And they're all concerned with other things anyway, like playing fetch, swimming or untangling a piece of string.

This is a story that shows that not everything is as simple as black and white. And even if it was, would it matter? It asks little people some big questions and shows that what really matters is the important things ‒ like friends, kindness and sharing a snack together. Blue Badger says and shows so much through its meaningful words and illustrations. It would be an asset to any storybook collection.

The artwork in Blue Badger is beautiful and both I and my child enjoyed the blueberry theme throughout. My daughter is just shy of four years old and while she liked the illustrations, the story wasn't a standout for her. She may be too young for the theme of what defines our identities, but I still think it's always worthwhile to plant these seeds of positivity early when you can.

Thank you to Huw Lewis Jones, Quarto, and NetGalley for access to this free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Blue Badger is delightful in its simplicity. I love the colour scheme, and all of the personalities. The blue is the PERFECT blue - I don't know why, but it is! Definitely good for anyone who was fans of the Hat books.

I enjoyed the illustrations, but was a little lost of the message/intent of the book until reading the synopsis. I think children might be a little confused about theme/understanding of the book, but they will enjoy the journey along the way.

This is a nice book! The art is great but the general point of the story may be lost on children. What I gathered was your appearance doesn’t matter but at the same time the book only gave one evidence of that.

This book was very cute, but the message and language were a little muddled. I'm not sure it would be particularly effective for a child, though the visual gag at the end is very cute. It wasn't quite what I was hoping it would be.