Book Review: Whose Manger is This? (children's book, OT)

Whose Manger is This? by  Lisa Robbins (Elk Lake Publishing, 2023, $13.99 pb, also Kindle and hardcover, ages 3-8, 36 pp)

Easy Rhyming

It is so hard to write a book, even a short book, in rhyme and make it sound natural but author Lisa Robbins has managed to do so with a lovely little book.

A Book of Gifts

Whose Manger is This? begins with us meeting a rowdy ram and a cranky cow. Then we come across a moody mule and curt camel, a jeering jay, a dapper dove, a meanie mouse and, finally, a cozy cat - all of whom claim the manger. And each animal is true to life with their own characteristics that are specific to their kind: the camel spits, for example.

But then, the rowdy ram notices someone in the manger. . . . 

Each animal has its own gift to give. You and your child will go back and forth in this lovely little book to see the animals with their negative adjectives turn into their gifts. You will learn how to overcome those adjectives with the questions in the back of the book. And you will cherish and keep this book. I did.