Books by Nicholas Oldland
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review 1: This bear loves to hug. He'll hug anything, but his favorite thing to hug is trees. When he finds a man with an ax in the forest, he doesn't feel very hugging. What I thought: I loved Big Bear Hug! I can't wait to pair it with Hugless Douglas. The story is sweet and the illustrat...
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review 1: I got this as a Christmas gift. I was so moved by this sweeping narrative! From the moose's vacant stare on the front cover to the moose's vacant stare as he goes skiing, hockey-ing, marshmallow-roasting, and parachuting at the back of the book, I LOVED the moose's every adventur...
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review 1: The genre of this book is a picture book, and is intended for children who are (P) ages five to eight. This book is about a busy beaver who only thought about himself. He was breaking down trees, and hurting his friends, and taking homes away from fellow animals, without even n...
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review 1: brian got me this book.i'm not sure if his reasoning was1) because it is canadian2) because of the "clever" wordplay of the title3) because he thinks that a picture book is the limit of my intellectual capacityor4) because it ends up being a survival narrative and he knows how i ...
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review 1: Another tale about taking responsibility for one's actions towards othes and the environment. Using his now familiar palatte of greens, blues and browns and a supporting cast of characters from his earlier books, Oldland explores the concept of unthinking carelessness in a beave...
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review 1: Oh how I identified with this story of three best friends trying to get along on their canoe trip. I may have been giggling far too loudly at the desk while I flipped through the page. Children and adults will enjoy this story because I think no matter how old you are, you know...
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review 1: My toddler grabbed this off the shelf at the library and threw it in our bag of books to take home. I think he finds the bold and rather maniacal-looking dinosaur pictures appealing, and I don't blame him. They are pretty funny to look at. This book would be best for a true dino ...