NetGalley: Tell Me a Story, Please by: Kyoko Hara

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Publisher: Museyon
Published: 10/24/2022
Pages: 80
Genre: children's fiction
Review: ARC from NetGalley
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Yuka, a first grader, loves when her mom reads to her. But since the birth of her younger brother, mom is too busy to read to Yuka. One day, while Yuka is alone in the forest reading a book out loud, a squirrel, a rabbit, a fox, a raccoon, and more animals come to listen to Yuka's story. They enjoy it very much and ask her to tell them more stories. As she chooses and reads stories to the animals, Yuka is inspired by the world of reading aloud, and gets ideas for creating a story for her forest friends. Then one day, after a piano lesson, Yuka sees several businessmen in the forest and feels uneasy . . . In the third book from the beloved The Forest Friends series, the stage is set in a small forest in a town, and features a different family from the previous books. Kyoko Hara's text and Kazue Takahashi's warm illustrations depict Yuka as she learns not only the pleasure of listening to a story, but also the pleasure of reading a story. The animals' expressions are adorable as they listen, and the plot also includes stories from Japanese folklore: Momotaro, and a German fairytale, Town Musicians of Bremen, and others. Be ready for children to ask “please, tell me a story!”








“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

My youngest really liked this story and thought it was cool that the animals got together to want to listen to a story being read to them. She tried to pull her stuffed animals out just to read to them like our character does to the animals in this book. Yuka is just like every other kid who loves when their parent reads to them. So when her baby brother is born, mom is too busy or tired to read. Yuka is now trying to find someone to read or listen to her tell a story. When she can not find anyone, she moves into the abandoned lot and starts reading there. Little does she know that the cute forest animals are listening to her read. Which is great for her because she is building her confidence. I love this message on this. 
The story is sweet, and I loved the Japanese folktales that were read to the animals. I find it to be fascinating. 
I hope that the ebook formatting has been fixed, as the copy I read was choppy on some pages, and others were missing some wording. 
  




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