FICTION

A Perfect Place to Play

by Tish Rabe (text) & illus. by Jim Valeri
Paw Prints. (Forever Friends Farm: Bk. 2). May 2025. 32p. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781223188867; pap. $6.99. ISBN 9781223188874.
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PreS-Gr 1–Animal friends P.J. the goose and Winston the mouse are trying to find a new place to play. They find the perfect place, but it is covered in leaves and sticks. P.J. and Winston clean it out, and then bring their friends back, only to find that everything they cleaned out is right back to where it was. What follows is a sweet story about working together and compromising. Rhyming words, such as play and day and space and place, make it easier for burgeoning readers to be confident in reading out loud, while the bright colors of the animals will draw in younger readers. Back matter includes lyrics to an original song about Forever Friends Farm and a QR code that readers can scan for singing along.
VERDICT Recommended for early readers who are animal lovers.
Reviewed by ­Maria Graybosch , Apr 01, 2025

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