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Booklist - 10/01/2017 Poor narwhal is sad. Her whole life is spent in a fishbowl, looking at the same objects day after day. “Red front door. Potted plant. Umbrella stand. Piano.” She longs to venture out into the world beyond her small window, but she is afraid. She will get lost, or get cold, and doesn’t even have feet to get around. One day, her human friends notice she is glum and come up with a plan. Narwhal’s friends carefully place her fishbowl in their little red wagon and take her outside for the first time, showing her the flower shop, the bookstore, and the street signs. The big blue sky is even bigger and bluer than she could have ever dreamed. Once back at home, narwhal makes plans to see the world. Yum’s illustrations are rendered in colored pencils and gouache, and make the white, purple-spotted narwhal pretty adorable. Kids will love this tiny little protagonist who dares to dream big. - Copyright 2017 Booklist.

School Library Journal - 10/01/2017 PreS-Gr 1— The little narwhal from Strictly No Elephants gets her own story and it starts out relatively short. "The world doesn't look very exciting from inside a fishbowl. Red front door. Potted plant. Umbrella stand. Piano." Repeat. However, she dreams of seeing the big, wide world beyond her fishbowl. If only she had feet! One day, her boy brings home his friends and their pets, and together they come up with a plan to make the little narwhal's dreams come true. As in the first story, there is a sweetness and simplicity to the tiny animal's dilemma and to her friends' solution. The colored pencil and gouache illustrations depict characters with a variety of skin tones; both human and animal faces are wonderfully expressive. VERDICT Equally good as a stand-alone or for fans of the first book.— Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA - Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

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