A Hole in the Wall

Reviewed by: Mary Peverada - Portland Public Library, Portland, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 29, 2016

Review

Four African animals see things very differently in this story loosely based on a Mark Twain fable (included at the end of the book.) The wild dog looks inside a hole in a wall and sees another wild dog. He runs to tell his friends lion, warthog and elephant. Each of the animals take turns looking in the hole - returning to state the others were wrong each sees its own species. Finally they return to the hole together and find that they were all correct as they are looking in a mirror. The illustrations are cartoon-like and the feelings of the animals are clearly shown in their facial expressions (anger,surprise, happiness.) The text is large and clear for reading aloud - and some words are in different colors to highlight them. This would probably be a fun story to have the children act out.

Overall Book Score: good