![]() ![]() ![]() Can he reform himself? Will those he has harmed accept his apologies.?Like its two predecessors, The Busy Beaver is an amusing book, and I got a good chuckle out of many of the scenes, particularly the one in which Beaver returns from the hospital, and Bear (along with all the other creatures) takes to his heels, screaming: "Run for your lives!" Oldland has a distinctively droll sense of humor, that comes across very well, both in his simple text and his expressive (but simple) artwork. Busy, but heedless, Beaver causes any number of accidents, until he himself is the victim of his own thoughtlessness. It's another hilarious picture-book from Canadian children's author/artist Nicholas Oldland, whose debut venture in the field, Big Bear Hug, had me in stitches - and the results do not disappoint! Taking up the story of Beaver, the castorine friend of Big Bear, and of Moose (the star of Oldland's Making the Moose Out of Life), this endearing picture-book follows it titular hero as he wreaks havoc amongst his companions and neighbors, not through malice, but through carelessness. ![]()
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