![]() ![]() The art's quirkiness and the text's droll delivery contribute equally to the lighthearted tone of this cautionary tale. ![]() Cool, natural colors dominate Oldland's digital pictures, which are highlighted by humorous images of the bug-eyed, big-toothed hero. Following his recovery the beaver puts his energy to positive use and makes amends to the forest and his friends. But after a tree that the beaver is gnawing on lands on his own head, and he's hospitalized, he finally reflects on the damage he's caused. The Busy Beaver: Oldland, Nicholas, Oldland, Nicholas: 9781554537495: Books - Amazon.ca Books Childrens Books Growing Up & Facts of Life Buy new: 16. ![]() A careless beaver is oblivious to the consequences of his actions: he "always made a mess of the forest," leaving trees half-chewed and felling "more than he needed." His recklessness even more directly affects his fellow forest dwellers when a tree he's chomping falls on a bear's head, and he chews a moose's leg, mistaking it for a tree. Written and illustrated in the same breezy style as Big Bear Hug and Making the Moose Out of Life whose protagonists play supporting roles in this outing Oldland's small-format book sounds clear notes about being conscientious of one's surroundings. ![]()
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