Monday, January 13, 2020

Cavekid Birthday by Cathy Breisacher and Roland Garrigue - ADVISABLE

Cavekid Birthday by Cathy Breisacher, illustrated by Roland Garrigue. PICTURE BOOK. Charlesbridge, 2019. $17. 9781580898768

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3 )- ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH


Caveboy and Cavegirl share the same birthday.  Not only were they born on the same day in caves next to each other, they grew to become best of friends.  They loved to celebrate their birthdays together every year.  Regular days together included hide-and-seek, searching for shapes in the clouds, and racing with their pets.  Caveboy loved rocks.  Cavegirl loved tools.  As their birthdays soon approached, each wanted to buy the other person the perfect gift.  Love and selflessness creates not only in a new dilemma, but eventually working together the two friends solve the problem with exceptional results.

Cavekid Birthday is a wonderful book about friends, selflessness, and problem solving.  Breisacher and Garrigue bring us a beautifully illustrated and perfectly told tale that will be a springboard for laughter and healthy discussions in both classrooms and homes alike. We loved that they were named “Caveboy” and “Cavegirl” instead of given specific names.  We also enjoyed the “caveman” vocabulary, “Make trade? Have nothing to trade.”

Reviewer: SL

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