Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media
Unabridged: 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Lerner
Published: 08/01/2023
Categories: Children's Fiction, Beginner Readers, Children's Social Themes
Megan Borgert-Spaniol is a writer and editor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She likes to write about food, animals, and human nature. She also loves dreaming up fun characters and telling their stories.
The rich, progressive storytelling in this book made me hopeful for its conclusion: when word gets out that new neighbors (rats!) have moved into an apartment building, the other mammalian tenants rile each other up with increasing fervor. The stereotypes (dirty, messy, thieving, dangerous) used to......more
When the bunnies of Pickle Lake find out that rats have moved into the first floor of their apartment building, they are inordinately excited. But as they share the news with their neighbors, they discover that the sheep, pigs, polar bears, yaks and goats that also live in the building are less enth......more
Really impressed by this one! Not only does it tell the story of a bunch of neighbors worried about the rats who have just moved in downstairs, displaying their prejudices and fear-mongering that does not line up with reality, the level of detail and special touches in the text AND illustrations is......more
New neighbours are here, but what do the animals who already live there think of them? I was so happy that my library got this book, I believe it is their first English picture book for this author/illustrator, I definitely hadn't expected to see it there. This book was lovely, and very much on point......more
Un albo illustrato troppo carino e divertente! Colori vivaci e personaggi simpatici. Da un insegnamento davvero importante sui pregiudizi. Merita!......more