Cherry and Olive

    
        Author: Benjamin Lacombe
        Publisher: Walker
        Publication Date: 2007
        Reading Level: 3-7 Year Olds
        Pages: 32









This French story is about a little shy girl Cherry who longs for a friend.   One day, she meets a lovely wrinkly dog, Oliver at an animal refuge center where her father works.  Cherry enjoys taking it out for a walk every day and wishes its owner will never show up. However, the owner finally appears.  Amazingly, he is Angelo.  The story ends with these two cheerful new friends, Cherry and Angelo, having great fun together with Olive.  Lacombe's stylized painting and his excellent skill to express the characters' emotional changes by using dark to lighter color are impressive.  This is an inspiring story for children to learn how to care for each other with true love.

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• USBBY Outstanding International Books - Grades K-2: 2008