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Our other books by Oliver Jeffers are perfect bedtime stories with a gentle calming tone and soft colours. This is different. This book is much more fun read in loud voices with indignant shouts. My son insists the scribbled out sections in the speech bubbles are bad words, which he finds especially amusing, but children can interject their own arguments into these parts, adding another dimension to the book. My oldest did find this enjoyable as well at age 8, but at this age he will only read the story once and be finished with it. I do think it would suit as a story for a teacher to read to a class of children class up to age 8, and provide a very good opportunity to discuss feelings and friendships as well. But for parents considering purchase, I would recommend this book from about 18 months - age 6.

If this book appeals then we can recommend two other books by Oliver Jeffers: [[The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers|The Way Back Home]] and [[Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers|Lost and Found]].