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No Room For Napoleon
A story about friendship, the environment and good citizenship from the brilliant Adria Meserve.
Napoleon is a small brown dog with very big ideas. One day, he lands on a beautiful paradise island. Crab, Bunny and Bear can’t wait to share their island home with their new friend. They are generous and kind and welcoming. But Napoleon has big visions for his future — he destroys the island to build himself a fortress, eats all their food, and bosses them about. Soon, “King” Napoleon finds himself alone and must think hard about the meaning of community and sharing before he can be considered a friend again.
From the Hardcover edition.
Napoleon is a small brown dog with very big ideas. One day, he lands on a beautiful paradise island. Crab, Bunny and Bear can’t wait to share their island home with their new friend. They are generous and kind and welcoming. But Napoleon has big visions for his future — he destroys the island to build himself a fortress, eats all their food, and bosses them about. Soon, “King” Napoleon finds himself alone and must think hard about the meaning of community and sharing before he can be considered a friend again.
From the Hardcover edition.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 23, 2006
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
January 15, 2018
The artwork is super cute. I loved the style and the texture! The storyline was interesting and packed a bunch of lessons in that would be great for kids!
One thing that I didn't really care for was the use of various font sizes. For the most part, the font is the same size, but there are random words that are bolded or larger. Right on the first page, "big ideas" is larger than the rest, and each letter in "ideas" is larger than the previous. In some places, different text styles worked, but just not in some...
Overall a cute and fun read! This would definitely be a great one to read out loud to a child, especially one that loves animals!
One thing that I didn't really care for was the use of various font sizes. For the most part, the font is the same size, but there are random words that are bolded or larger. Right on the first page, "big ideas" is larger than the rest, and each letter in "ideas" is larger than the previous. In some places, different text styles worked, but just not in some...
Overall a cute and fun read! This would definitely be a great one to read out loud to a child, especially one that loves animals!
March 24, 2020
Napoleon, a small dog with big ideas rows ashore of an island, and is greeted and welcomed by crab, rabbit, and bear. Napoleon soon abuses his new friends invitation to live on the island. Crab, rabbit and bear seek a new place to live, and when Napoleon shows up, they refuse to let him live with them. Napoleon sees the error of his ways, and restores the island to its original beauty, but something lurks out on the horizon.
August 14, 2020
Hauskalla tavalla toteutettu tarina itsekkyydestä ja sen haitallisuudesta. Napoleon-niminen koira purjehtii paratiisisaarelle, jonka itsekkyydessään tuhoaa muille eläimille asumiskelvottomaksi!
Kuvitus on varsin runsasta.
Kuvitus on varsin runsasta.
May 15, 2020
This is a good book for up to 3rd grade I think. I would say for younger readers you will need to shorten some of the teaching moments. Great illustrations. A lot to look at.
February 18, 2017
No Room For Napoleon will be a read that children will love. Kids will enjoy discussing all the ways that Napoleon is being a naughty dog and a bad friend. I also like that the importance of enviroment conservation is present in a way that may not have been shown in other pictures books.
May 3, 2019
Hauska, opettavainenkin tarina ja isot kuvat. Toimii.
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