All for a Dime

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 11, 2016

Review

Bear, Mole, and Skunk are all friends, portrayed in large, colorful images in this exuberant story. To get ready for market, Bear picks blueberries, Mole digs worms, and Skunk bottles her own potent perfume. At the market, Bear's blueberries sell very well, but Mole and Skunk have no customers. They decide to switch positions and become their own best customers, passing a dime between them as they buy each other's product and disrupt all of the people at the market with Skunk's perfume. In the end, Bear has enough money to treat them all to ice cream topped with the last of his fresh blueberries. The characters are adorable, facial expressions fun and funny, and the story is comical. Children will enjoy it.

Overall Book Score: very good