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Oldland, Nicholas
7 Reviews
(2)
K-3
In their sixth entertaining adventure, the bear, the moose, and the beaver start decorating for Christmas--but no one brought a tree. The trio heads back out in search of one, but the tree-hugger bear protests (he didn't realize their plan was to chop it down), leading, eventually, to a creative solution. Spare digital illustrations focus mainly on the friends and the silliness.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2019
(4)
K-3
Three competitive friends--the bear, moose, and beaver from Up the Creek, etc.--don't just decide to climb a mountain: they decide to race up it. That this is a comically bad idea is captured in near-miss-riddled (and somewhat monotonous) Photoshop art. Happily for the reader, the rivals are ultimately smart enough to recognize that friendship equals victory.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
Friends Moose, Bear, and Beaver bicker constantly on their canoeing trip. However, when they suddenly find themselves shooting white-water rapids, they must cooperate in order to make it through. The comical narrative's deadpan delivery is cleverly mirrored in the Photoshop illustrations, in which the animals retain their poker-faced expressions even as they're being tossed around in the water.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
(4)
PS
"Ten / striding velociraptors / (and one looming predator) / Nine / lazing deinosuchus." The countdown ends at not "One" or even "Zero" but "None," appropriately enough, given the reptiles' fate: "They’re extinct, silly!" The book may speak only to dinosaur devotees, but it's a clever concept, and the dinos--clearly outlined and set against stark white backdrops--couldn't be more countable.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
A careless beaver is inadvertently decimating the forest (and injuring his friends) by chewing on too many trees. After one such tree falls on him, he resolves to change his ways. The story, with its unobtrusive ecological message, is a hoot, as are the crisp digital illustrations showing the beaver--a toothy dolt--wreaking havoc then making amends.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
K-3
An overly cautious moose decides to take more chances and discovers that a sense of adventure makes life more satisfying. Since his momentous decision comes early in the narrative, the story line that follows is relatively flat (albeit entertaining). Digitally created illustrations with areas of muted color show a googly-eyed moose embarking on one new experience after another.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
(3)
K-3
In this nondidactic environmentalist fable, a bear "filled with love and happiness" can't help but show it, with hugs for all the forest's inhabitants. When a woodsman starts to chop down a majestic old tree, one big bear hug--around the startled man--saves the day. Digital illustrations rendered in earthy tones humorously depict the stunned recipients of the bear's affection.
Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi
7 reviews
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