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Olive and Ginger by Xenia Mesot
4.0

4.2 Stars

Olive and Ginger are a toad and a cat that meet and become friends. Or rather, the cat meets the toad and expresses his interest to be the toad’s friend. The duo meets and talks about singing, humans, seasons, etc.
The book is divided into three chapters; teeny ones, each dealing with a different scene/ episode. The illustrations are cute but don’t take away from the story. That’s because the book has been formatted to highlight text and illustrations side by side.
The singing episode was fun to read. Overall, it is a cute little book for kiddos. Though I’m not sure if a 5+ kid can read such a long opening sentence and make sense of it in one go. It’d work better if the book was read out to the kids (I guess that’s the intention too).