I have always had a soft spot for those reclusive creatures who are called either yeti, abominable snowmen, Sasquatch, or Big Foot, depending on where they come from. I can't blame them for being reclusive, and enjoy reading stories about them. The first one I read about was in Tintin in Tibet. In this Tintin story, the yeti is a rather pitiful fellow who is gentle and lonely. Today's book in about a sasquatch who likes his life of solitude.
Ashley Spires
Picture book
For ages 5 to 8
Kids Can Press, 2012, 978-1-55453-701-3
Larf is a tall hairy sasquatch who lives in a wood cabin
the woods with his bunny, Eric. Larf likes living on his own, and is happy that
people have no idea that he exists. Luckily for him people “rarely believe in
anything new and strange,” so even when he is accidently seen, no one really
believes that they are looking at an honest to goodness sasquatch.
Larf is
convinced that he is the only one of his kind left until the day when he reads
an article in the newspaper that announces that a sasquatch is going to “make
an appearance” in a nearby town that day. Larf does not like change, but he
cannot help thinking that maybe, just maybe, it might be nice to have another
sasquatch around. So, Larf puts on what he thinks is a great disguise and he
goes to town. Larf is both disappointed and pleased when he finds out that the
so-called sasquatch is a fake. He is ready to go back to his solitary life in
the woods when he has a most unusual encounter.
For some people
change is frightening, and they are happiest when nothing out of the ordinary
happens. In this charming and sweetly funny picture book, we meet a character
who dares to do something that makes him uncomfortable and who discovers that
some changes are rather nice.
With a
delightful main character, wonderful illustrations, and a heartwarming ending,
this is a picture book that will appeal to readers both young and not so young.
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