I really liked this book because I thought it had a good message/ big idea and that it was positively repetitive and easy to follow. There is an underlying big idea in this book about shifting your thinking to a positive outlook. You can see this when Preston-Gannon states in the beginning of the book "I tried my hardest to ignore him." By the end of the book the main character says "they were not so bad after all. Maybe we could be friends." This realization shows a change in thinking when the main character realized he needed help. The book was also very easy to follow because it repeated familiar phrases to show that there was a pattern. This pattern was of the main character saying "I tried" and then listing a way he tried to escape the lemur followed by a statement such as "but that didn't work either." This pattern allows the readers to see that the main character was not happy with the lemur following him and therefore made it easier to notice the change in thinking. ( )

I liked the rhythm of the story and the illustrations were bright, colorful and more realistic then not. ( )

I liked the rhythm of the story and the illustrations were bright, colorful and more realistic then not. ( )

I liked the rhythm of the story and the illustrations were bright, colorful and more realistic then not. ( )

I liked the rhythm of the story and the illustrations were bright, colorful and more realistic then not. ( )