Review - Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side (Life in the Wild)
by Nicholas Oldland
Date: 2015
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: e-book
Source: library

One day, a bear, a moose and a beaver go for a walk in the mountains. To make the hike more exciting, they decide to race to the top. But soon the friends fall into deep trouble. Who will give up their chance for glory to save the day?

(synopsis from Goodreads)

This isn't my favourite book in the series. A bear, a moose, and a beaver walk into a bar decide to climb a mountain. To make it more interesting, they turn it into a race. But on the way up, Moose dodges a falling boulder and ends up dangling from a tree on the side of a cliff. When Bear tries to help, he falls and Moose catches him. Then they're both stuck. Luckily, Beaver manages to rescue them. They then continue more slowly and the journey becomes a different kind of interesting.

There's not as much of a message or moral as there is in the other books (except maybe "stop and smell the roses"). I mean, I'm glad Moose and Bear didn't plummet to their deaths, but the story wasn't all that interesting.

Overall, this is probably the weakest book in the series for me so far (I think there's one other title that I've yet to read). It's okay as an addition to the complete collection, but I enjoyed the other titles more.

Premise: 3/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 4/5
Originality: 4/5

Enjoyment: 3/5

Overall: 3.33 out of 5