The chum and I both agreed that this book was “not our best”. A fable-y tale adapted from The Canterbury Tales about flattery. The language was really difficult and the concept of flattery is a bit abstract as well. But even without that, not really a great story, in my opinion.

Not bowled over by the illustrations either. Mt favorite part is the use of small detailed lines as texture – in the grass, on the backs of the pigs, and there’s a lovely picture that’s almost all black and white with really nice lines in the beehives and pops of color on the tree.

More interesting than enjoyable.