Parade

by Alexis Braud

“On a fine misty morning a small little mouse
woke up in the garden in his little house.
He didn’t want cheese, or cool lemonade.
That mouse, well he wanted to have a parade.
So he did.”

Join a band of raccoons, cats, dogs, squirrels, and other furry friends on a parade like no other! The procession starts with just one tiny mouse with a longing for adventure. This lively cavalcade gathers high-stepping egrets, gators, and low-crawling critters with musical instruments along the way.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 27, 2016

Reviews

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fun story of the day the animals had a parade.

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is one of the most poorly written picture books I have ever read. The rhyme was so off, I refused to read more than the first three pages aloud to my daughter. When I finished the book on my own, it only got worse: the rhyme and rhythm changed several times during the story, phrases like "Ya dig?" and "If you can't eat 'em, join 'em," made me roll my eyes, and the text repeatedly referred to a tuba while the illustrations clearly showed a sousaphone. I'm really surprised that a library purchased this book - it's just not good.

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 1 out of 5]

What an awful book! Just horrible. The concept is stupid; the illustrations are juvenile; and the text is abominable. The author has no concept of poetic rhythm or rhyme - and the contrived and predictable rhyme is even abandoned at one point. That a legitimate publisher approved and issued this amateurish atrocity makes me even more sure that no qualified adults are employed in this business.