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It's Learning Problem Solving!
The story allows a child to reflect on his/her own problems and find their own solutions. The story is straight forward and genius...who wouldn't want to see this solitary robot succeed. Kids learn as well from mirroring characters they admire. "If he can do it, I can too!" mindset. The child knowing he has the ability as well to think and solve his own problems. Here
Chester Mouse does things a certain way, he likes the way he does them. His friend Wilson does things with Chester as if they were two peas in a pod, or two birds of a feather, you know, compadres. They are as if one. Then a new mouse, Lily, comes to the neighborhood and she does things very wild and different. She creates her own fun and does things differently in a very entertaining, unusual way. She seems peculiar even strange to Chester and Wilson as they observe her, but do not befriend her. Things change drastically when Bully's pick on Chester and Wilson when they've done nothing wrong. Lily steps into the scene and scares the boys off with her brave tactics. The three become good friends after all. But wait! There is a surprise ending! No you'll have to read the book or follow along with Mrs Small Read Aloud video.
Kevin Henkes (pronounced Hen 🐓Keys🗝s) is a prolific children's book writer. He has done several YA books as well as Picture-books for kids. See as follow;
As you can see his contributions are prolific! #KevinHenkes
<Interviewer:
"What made you think of a walking tree?"
Author:
"The story idea came to me two fold through my kids. First my daughter had been studying the health of trees at home then during her college years. She was working on her Masters Thesis paper in Microbiology at UC Davis at the time. I was intrigued by her dedication and devotion in wanting to help find a solution to the Sudden Oak Death (SOD) problem. She grew up with Oak trees all around her neighborhood and the thought of losing them to a fungus really upset her. Secondly, my Son had just left for Boston to study on the East Coast. When I thought about how he wouldn't know anyone over there, the making new friends part, came from that. There were several other reasons I wanted Tree to be motivated; the major one was because at the time I was in need of change myself. I was in need of a healthy goal oriented change."
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Interviewer:
Author:
"I wanted to illustrate the book with my own cartoony characters and write sing-songy alliterations that would get you to laugh. I wanted the images to be rather involved so you'd have to spend some time with the pages. Using colored pencils was easier than using acrylics like in my first book, also not having to draw one character so many times and in different ways made it more enjoyable."
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"Reading and literature for children open the doors to many imaginative minds. This book is a family-type "ABC " picture-book rather unusual and for ALL ages.
Alliterations can be challenging, especially when read aloud, they are rather like tongue twisters." KMS
