I was amazed by this book. Chris and his Mother have moved again. This means a new school, new friends, new home. Based upon the beautiful lessons gently taught in this book, it would be appropriate for any child as they start to realize there are popular, cool kids. The biggest lesson in this book is to be yourself and not worry about pleasing others. Chris visits a beautiful garden where all the animals love one another and accept one another. It was such a beautiful, peaceful place. Subtle faith content woven throughout. I was blessed with a free ARC, and I’m leaving my review voluntarily. Highly recommend and would make a perfect addition to a home library.

I read this adorable little story with my 6 year old daughter and we both really enjoyed the characters and illustrations. I love with children’s books highlight the virtues of kindness and acceptance.
I would highly recommend this children’s book!

The best day ever was a really sweet story. It could use some work with editing and flow, but it would easily be loved by my 6 and 3 year olds.

The writing was light and fairly simple. It was a good book for those children wanting to start reading chapter books.

At the beginning I wasn't completely sure whether we were in the new neighbourhood at one point, but it soon became clear that we were. After that I was away and enjoying the story. There was a good amount of description without being too overbearing.

There were a couple of chapters that were named rather than numbered. This felt like a good introduction to chapters and gave the book a good pace. There was also a good flow to the book with interesting things happening. I never knew what was going to happen next. It reminded me of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe and Alice's Adventures In Wonderland!

The characters were good and easy to identify with. I think that the relatability of the main character was key in helping to get the message of being true to yourself across.

The settings were great and added to the magic and entertainment of the story.

I enjoyed the illustrations spread throughout the book. They added interest by giving the children reading it something to look at and they were a good visual aid.

Overall it was a lovely story with a strong message of acceptance coming across.

Great concept for the story about being true to yourself and about who you are, not trying to be someone you’re not just to fit in with the cool kids. So often kids fall into the pretending to be someone they are not and end up having a difficult time truly fitting in. Being who God made you to be and using the gifts he gave you is such an important lesson to learn in life. We are all different and our gifts are different so love who you are and the right people will find you and they will be your people/ friends.

This is the story of Chris, who is tired of moving and needing to make new friends all over again. He is also very worried about things such as how to get the cool kids to like him.

When he suddenly finds himself trapped in the garage with a skunk, Chris initially panics. But then the skunk, who is named Jay, takes him to meet all his other animal friends in a very special place. There, Chris has an opportunity to learn some lessons about friendship and what is REALLY important in life.

I think what the book offers is worthwhile in terms of the lessons it imparts, but I personally did not like the assertion that Jesus created the animals. And I suspect there are others who will have problems with that, because most people believe that God created the animals, and that Jesus is not actually God. So this book needs to be targeted at people with certain *very specific* Christian beliefs.

For me, the best part of the story were the illustrations which are nice.