Cheng, Christopher

The depth of love and friendship expressed by Rat and Bear is poignant in this beautifully illustrated book, though their conversation about hardships in life may prove difficult for young readers to process without an adult to provide relative perspective.

Though the art is charming and the text well written, this is not a first purchase.

K-Gr 2—Written as a narrative about one female snake-Python-this brief introduction to the species offers basic information such as how and what she eats; how she keeps warm; scales and molting; and incubation and hatching of eggs...