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Cecil The Pet Glacier (2012)

by Matthea Harvey(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0375967737 (ISBN13: 9780375967733)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Schwartz & Wade

review 1: I chose this as part of an assignment for my children's lit class: read a real book and an ebook to some children, rope them in from the streets in necessary! The six-year-old twins and their eight-year-old sister who were passing by in my neighborhood were easily bribed with leftover snicker-doodle cupcakes from the best Friendsgiving of all time, despite the melting frosting. Maybe the mess was part of the appeal, who knows. So we read the story of Cecil, a baby glacier who attaches himself to Ruby, a girl who just wants to be left alone by the weird things her parents keep introducing into her life and be normal. A dog would be a much better companion to her 3 identical dolls than a leaky pebble-eating glacier. But (SPOILERS!) his loyalty wins her over and Ruby learns t... morehat it's okay to be a little strange sometimes. Awwww. I picked this one obviously because the title is amazing and I love green, and when I pulled it up on my GR app at the library, I remembered that karen is also a fan, so I was convinced and didn't pick up any other books. Good thing the kids liked it! They thought that the glacier creaking when happy was hysterical and went around making their own toys creak afterwards, which was adorable. Then things quickly devolved into toy-chucking chaos and then resulting somehow in the six-year-old boy twin asking to kiss me, so we wrapped it up rather immediately after. My essay natch got a 100% score so what I'm trying to say is that if you listen to karen, Queen of Goodreads, and read her favorite picture books to children, you will acquire many admirers and A's. Also, there are 15 different tiaras in the book - I know because we counted, loudly. You're welcome, world.
review 2: Well, the story, in of itself, was very creepy, solemn, unappealing, and just plain weird. Harvey’s story is about a so-called “normal,” very lonely girl named Ruby Small. Ruby is forced to go on vacation to Norway with her overly eccentric and negligent parents. While setting out on vacation, Ruby mentions to her parents that she would love to have a pet; specifically, she would like a pet dog. Instead, she comes home from her vacation with an unwanted, stalker-ish glacier named Cecil who aims to be her pet and friend. In the end, Cecil, becomes loved by all as it rescues one of Ruby’s three creepy dolls, otherwise known as “The Three Jennifers” who are all dressed identically to Ruby herself, from being washed away. Incidentally, I gave Harvey’s Cecil the Pet Glacier to two of my co-workers for their feedback and both responded that the book left them feeling out of sorts and irritated. I tend to agree with their assessment. less

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