![]() ![]() The reactions and emotions here are honest and true, creating a book that is funny and heartfelt.Ĭampbell’s illustrations add so much to this picture book. The characters throughout the book are thoroughly realistic and human, from the father who mentions his allergy to no avail to the little girl and her friends as they try to find the hiding tortoise. The protagonist tells the story in her own voice, filled with righteous indignation at being given a reptile and then turning to grudging respect for what it can do, and finally becoming an expert on tortoises. Keane has written a witty story that shows the natural progression of falling in love with a different kind of pet. When she tries playing hide-and-seek though, she discovers that tortoises are far too good at it. Slowly though, she does figure out things that she can do with a tortoise, including selling turns holding it and painting its nails. She figures out that he can’t play fetch, does not like rolling over, doesn’t do many tricks, and doesn’t get excited when she returns home. She has no ideas for names for him, so she doesn’t name him anything. Her father had told her he was allergic to dogs, but she had still dreamed of having one. ![]() So when she opens the box with holes in the top on her birthday, she is dismayed to discover a tortoise inside. ![]() She has lists of dog names, read about training, and dreamed about life with a puppy. Who Wants a Tortoise? by Dave Keane, illustrated by KG Campbell ( InfoSoup)Ī little girl has been longing for a puppy for her entire life. ![]()
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