Wednesday, December 11, 2019

a lesson on boasting


This is another ‘slugs and bugs story’ by Randall Goodgame, with illustrations by Joe Sutphin.
Maggie and Morty became members of the Society of Extraordinary Raccoons, and learn a lesson about boasting. The Society of Extraordinary Raccoons: on Boasting ( B&H Publishing Group, 2019).
  The two young raccoons are definitely problem children, always causing trouble and trying to stay out of trouble, but along the way they get tired of their life of mischief and mayhem and start to follow Jesus. Like all of us, there are still moments when their actions speak louder than words, and they have moments when they fall back into their own ways.

The issues discussed here is boasting, and the friends learn that boasting might make us feel better about ourselves, but it the process it hurts someone else’s feelings.  With the help of a older and wiser member of the society, the youngsters learn a valuable lesson from Matthew, chapter 6.

The rhyming works better for me than that of the previous book in this series, and the illustrations are once again enchanting and captivating.

My main concern with this book is that it feels flimsy—at times I thought that the binding would break after just a couple of readings,

I received a copy of this book from the publisher as a member of their blogger’s program.

4/5

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