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A good Children’s Book MUST mark high in four categories to me:
Illustrations
Lively Storyline
Adequate Bedtime length
Message for kids to carry
Ame Dyckman‘s The New Kid Has Fleas, indeed, gets an “A” for each of those four.
Illustrations
Have you ever watched the credits of a Pixar movie that, at times, shows the orginal artist’s sketches of the main characters?
I thought of that those sketches as I leafed thru the book’s gorgeous artwork with my kids. The vivid, brilliant characters and settings (from Illustrator Eda Kaban) held my kids’ attention from page to page, inching the tale along even if a few words were lost on my kids along the way.
The Storyline
Kiki (the “New Kid”) is odd – at least initially to classmates Molly, Stewart, and the other students at school. Stewart, though, is matched up with the “New Kid” during a science project and learns more about her odd behavior.
Stewart and Kiki enjoy each other’s company. Stewart learns that Kiki’s family is a pack of wolves that lives in a cave. That explains her strange behavior – howling during music, chasing squirrels at recess. and her four-legged walk.
Stewart befriends Kiki who, alas, does not have fleas. In fact, Kiki’s chief antagonist, Molly, misses the science project presentations with ticks of her own!
The storyline was great for my elementary schoolers – wild, but identifiable in their daily school interactions with classmates and friends.
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The New Kid has Fleas moves quickly with varying styles – from one liners, to full spreads, to a comic book style of choppy actions and dialogue. Beginning to end, we read the story before bed in just a few moments.
The book’s natural flow allowed for several pauses for questioning little ones.
The Message
I enjoy asking my youngest daughter, Emersyn (age 6), about what she took away from the story.
“Emersyn, tell me what you learned from Kiki and Stewart,” I asked.
“To be nice to the new kid,” Emie replied confidently.
I nod.
“Wait,” my 8-year-old son chimes in from nearby, “It’s about not thinking someone is weird because of how they look and act.”
I’d say both are right.
Ans, I’d say that both lessons are worth learning.
Book Details:
Pages: Children’s Book
Published: 2021 by Roaring Brook Press
Price: $16 (hardcover)
Buy Link: here
Love this. Kids books can have profound messages. My favorite is “There is no such thing as dragons.
I’ll have to check that one out, too! Nothing better than books before bed!:) Thanks for reading.