"This story will appeal to children from about age 3 to 8 or 9 years."
Pete and Suzie is a 34-page illustrated children’s book. The cute drawings and the expressions on the character’s faces add to the charm of this delightful story. Pelicans are wise and quiet and like to glide through the sky. Seagulls are loud and disorderly. It is a known fact that pelicans and seagulls dislike each other and an incident at the Bird Olympics cemented the ill feelings. Then one day, something surprising happens. A seagull and a pelican become friends. Suzie Seagull was double dared by her brother to go up and talk to some pelicans. Pete the Pelican invites Suzie to learn yoga with his family and friends. The seagulls who are watching from a distance, think that when Suzie disappears from view, the pelicans have eaten her. An important theme in the story is finding things in common and learning from those who are different to us. The book teaches us that practicing yoga and deep, slow breathing can calm us. There are even touches of humour when the seagulls overreact and panic and Suzie’s brother faints when they think she has been eaten by the pelicans. Pete also keeps the mood light by making funny faces to entertain Suzie. This story will appeal to children from about age 3 to 8 or 9 years.
Susan Gibbs, A LoveReading4Kids Ambassador
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A bright and colourful picture book about a pelican and a seagull becoming friends
Pete and Suzie by Samantha Ahearne and Illustrated by Julie Sneeden is a bright and colourful picture book about a pelican and a seagull becoming friends with an introduction to yoga and breathing techniques. The illustrations are clear, vivid and colourful and really help to tell the story alongside the short sections of text on each page. I think young readers will enjoy looking at the pictures and the differences between the calm and orderly pelicans and the chaotic seagulls, and maybe recognise the seagull behaviour from their own trips to the seaside. The text is brief but still manages to convey the story clearly. Young readers could perhaps learn to read this independently but I think there are a number of more advanced words and phonics that would require the support of reading with an adult.... Read Full Review
