This is a lovely picture book about friendship and courage, as Little Grey Donkey has to dig deep to overcome the fear he experiences on the difficult journey to find his friend and owner Serafina.
The pictures are interesting and have different levels of detail, with white line drawings in a cartoon style highlighting details in the more normal picture book drawings. The little highlights are popular here as they feature birds and cats, which are two of Smallest’s favourite things. The story is a little complex for her just yet, but the drawings hold her attention, so I get to enjoy the reading.
With an actual storyline and plot, this is probably aimed at 3 or 4 year olds as a read aloud, and I can see it suiting that age range well.
This book was sent to us free of charge for the purpose of review by Top That publishing house.
Adding this to the 100books list, comes in at book 80.
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