Human Town
by Alan Durant (Goodreads Author), Anna Doherty (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

A family of elephants visit the “Human Town”, which is a protected reserve for the endangered human species. Animals can come to visit and look around to see humans in their natural habitat. The humans are going extinct because they fight amongst themselves and throw trash into their environment. The elephants are shocked to see how the humans are dying out little by little, and they are glad that the last humans are protected in the reserve from carnivorous poachers like lions and tigers.

This is such a fun book! It’s so interesting to see how the tables are turned. Instead of humans staring at endangered elephants in a zoo, it’s the other way around. There are so many cute details in the story that make it really funny and special!

I Really Want to Be First!: A Really Bird Story (Really Bird Stories, #1)
by Harriet Ziefert, Travis Foster (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

1 out of 5 stars

Really Bird has intense emotions, and he “really” wants to be the leader today. His friends, the Pup and Cat, agree to be the followers, and Really Bird leads them to a tree and tells them to climb while he flies up to the top of the tree. Pup tells them that he is not a good climber, but Cat and Really Bird encourage him to climb up. They get up to the top of the tree, and Pup is too scared to get down! Cat has to take the lead and carefully help the terrified Pup to climb down. Really Bird flies down, and argues with his friends that he was the first one on the ground. His friends argue for a moment, but then decide to let it go. Really Bird says, “Today I really wanted to be first, and I was!”

I don’t understand this book. Really Bird is a horrible little person. He leads his friends into danger, and then doesn’t even apologize to them for being so insensitive and stupid. The Pup told Really Bird that he was not a good climber, but Really Bird didn’t listen to his friend. He didn’t care that his friend was not enjoying their activity. Really Bird only thought about himself. Selfish mean little bird! What a horrible leader!

Boo’s Shoes – A Rabbit and Fox Story: Learn To Tie Shoelaces
by Sybrina Durant (Goodreads Author), Pumudi Gardiyawasam (Illustrator)

2 out of 5 stars

Boo is a little rabbit who doesn’t want to learn to tie his shoes. His friend the fox helps him to learn how to tie shoelaces, and encourages him to keep learning!