| The Curious Child by Donni Floyd |
THE CURIOUS CHILD by Donni Floyd
Illustrated by: Grethel Peralta
Release Date: 2/24/08
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Pages: 16
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Is there such a thing as too many questions?
For one young boy, the youngest child on an island in the middle
of the sea, the answer is no. For the other villagers, who are
pestered night and day by the curious child who will not stop
asking questions, the answer doesn't matter!
Fed up with the constant questions - "Why is water wet?", "Why
doesn't the sky fall?" - the natives decide to take the boy to the
ancient dragon who lives on top of the biggest mountain, in
hopes that he can cure the boy of his endless curiosity and
neverending questions.
What the villagers don't know is that the dragon has become
mean with all of the years spent alone, and it's only through the
boy's quick thinking that he and his companions don't end up as
the dragon's dinner.
THE CURIOUS CHILD is a cute, quick fable that teaches children
that curiosity, although a virtue, does have its limits. But I agree
that there is no such thing as too many questions!
Illustrated by: Grethel Peralta
Release Date: 2/24/08
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Pages: 16
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Is there such a thing as too many questions?
For one young boy, the youngest child on an island in the middle
of the sea, the answer is no. For the other villagers, who are
pestered night and day by the curious child who will not stop
asking questions, the answer doesn't matter!
Fed up with the constant questions - "Why is water wet?", "Why
doesn't the sky fall?" - the natives decide to take the boy to the
ancient dragon who lives on top of the biggest mountain, in
hopes that he can cure the boy of his endless curiosity and
neverending questions.
What the villagers don't know is that the dragon has become
mean with all of the years spent alone, and it's only through the
boy's quick thinking that he and his companions don't end up as
the dragon's dinner.
THE CURIOUS CHILD is a cute, quick fable that teaches children
that curiosity, although a virtue, does have its limits. But I agree
that there is no such thing as too many questions!