Kiwi Cannot Reach by Jason Tharp - ESSENTIAL

Kiwi Cannot Reach  by Jason Tharp, unpaged. EARLY READER. Simon Spotlight (Simon & Schuster), 2019. $18.

BUYING ADVISORY: PRE-K, EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

A brown kiwi spies a rope hanging above his head, and really wants to pull it. Since he cannot reach, he devised several schemes to accomplish this task, some of which require the reader’s help. When plan after plan fails, he almost gives up, but gathers his resolve for one more try.

Kiwi narrates the story, illustrated with speech bubbles. Kiwi’s problem becomes more personal and engaging as he starts addressing us readers directly, soliciting our help. Share with your Piggie & Gerald fans.

P.K. Foster, MLS, elementary school teacher-librarian