BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
When a girl blames her messes on a narwhal, an actual one shows up to defend itself and teach her about narwhals. She says they make pies, and paint rainbows on walls, and messed up her room. Then, when the narwhal questions her, she learns that they aren't what she thinks. They aren't purple polka-dotted, and they don't have wings. In fact, narwhals have a horn that's really a tooth, they swim and if the girl will google them, she will see that Narwhals didn't make the big mess either.
I was underwhelmed. The illustrations felt messy - her cluttery room was really unclear as the narwhal pointed out what needed to be tidied. The dialogue was odd, the girl was rude and the ending was silly.
Lisa Librarian
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