This ORQ. (he say "ugh!")

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 29, 2015

Review

Second installment to the first Orq title. Orq is a cave boy and his best friend, a woolly mammoth, named Womma. Orq and Womma spend their days having as much fun as any little cave boy and woolly mammoth could have, though cave life is very tough.

Until one day Orq and Womma run into Dorq, a large and mean cave boy and his friend, Caba, an equally mean prehistoric animal and they do not play nice.

Orq catch lunch. Dorq eat lunch. Woma find egg. Caba take egg. Orq and Woma build fort. Dorq and Caba like fort.

Ugh!

In his anger and despair, Orq hits two rocks together and makes fire and scare Dorq and Caba off….suddenly Orq is everyone's hero and that night:

Warm cave. Night light. Bison burgers! YUM!

A charming and humorous book chock full of big endearing personalities. As mean as Dorq and Caba, children will easily see that they are just buffoons. The drawings are earthy and the lettering is large and expressive.

Fun challenge at the beginning of this book filled with turtles is to count how many there are and the answer is at the end of the book.

A children's book about a cave boy is rare. Recommend purchase.

Overall Book Score: excellent