Werner Stejskal

Stories 55-62, : Bedtime stories for children in illustrated picture book with short stories for early readers. (Oliver and Jumpy, the cat series) Ages 1-8

STORY LINE OLIVER AND JUMPY THE CAT SERIES:

Author, Werner Stejskal has created an entertaining teaching tool in the latest Oliver and Jumpy The Cat Series Stories 55-62 picture book. I reviewed the first three stories, each teaching a different lesson, any child will enjoy Oliver and Jumpy's continued adventures. The balance of the stories follow the same excellent composition, but geared for older children.

Story 55: Flood: A big storm has come and everyone must take shelter in the tree house. Crowding into the tree house, there's no room to spare. Saved by helping each other and cooperating together, Stejskal teaches the valuable lesson of coöperation and getting along.

Story 56: Lazy Squirrel: Winter is coming and Squirly's stash of nuts for winter disappeared. Oliver discovers Lazy, the squirrel, is taking them. To teach Lazy a lesson, Oliver and Jumpy remove the nuts and return them to Squirly. When winter came and Lazy has no food, Oliver helps Lazy see his actions were wrong, telling him he must apology and help others in the coming year. Teaching the lessons of apology and helping others.

Story 57: Unexpected Lory: Oliver finds a rude teenage cat sleeping on his precious pillow. Lory has run away from home. But Lory finds that Oliver is not a lot of fun. Teaching the lesson that home is always best; your parents can teach you about life and take care of you.

CHARACTERS AND DEVELOPMENT:

Primarily a teaching tool for young children, this book is also very entertaining. The length of each story is short enough to hold a young child's attention; the lessons and concepts are easy to follow and gasp. The beautiful illustrations encourage the child to search each picture and relate it to the story.

Although recommended for ages 1-8, I believe to fully enjoy the book, the child needs to be at least 2 years or more. A younger child, with the help, could explore the pictures as the parent/guardian names each item in the scene. Introducing the story line as the child advances in age, this book's content will last for years.

Finally in concluding my children's picture book review of Oliver and Jumpy Stories 55-62, I found an entertaining illustrated picture book of stories suitable for any age child up to 8 years or so. Skillful prose, beautiful pictures, and life lesson's taught in each story, Olive and Jumpy, is an excellent teaching tool for bedtime.

OLIVER AND JUMPY THE CAT SERIES RECOMMENDATION: STARS 5

In addition, I felt Oliver and Jumpy deserved a 5 star rating. An absolutely lovely picture book, I would not hesitate to buy this book for myself or a friend. My child would have loved this series of books.

FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE:

Additionally, I received this book from the author and chose to voluntarily review the book with an honest children's picture book review. Lastly, book reviews of any novel are dependent on the book review author’s opinion. Consequently, all book reviews on-line and on my blog, are my opinions. In addition, the ARC did not affect my children's picture book review.… (mais)

“Down the Well” Oliver dreams about a frog who lives in the well.
“Finding the Story” was about one of Oliver’s stories he keeps in a jar in his cupboard. One day the jar is broken and the story runs away because she doesn’t want to be written down.
“Story Writing” Oliver tells the reader about writing stories and where he gets his ideas and how much help he gets from his pen named Penny.
“What a Laugh” Oliver tells us more about the land he lives in named Sillandia were everyone is silly. The police actually looks for serious people to throw them out.
“What’s the Time” All the clocks in Sillandia tell a different time. This makes life in Sillandia quite exciting.
I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.… (mais)

“Flood” One day a storm starts. It rains so hard that the land floods. Soon Oliver has a treehouse full of animals. Will they be able to get along?
“Lazy Squirrel” What happens when Lazy Squirrel steals the other squirrel’s nuts? Will he have to learn a lesson the hard way?
”Unexpected Lory” Oliver arrives home one evening to find an uninvited guest. How will he handle the intruder who turns out to be a distant runaway teen relative?
I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.… (mais)

“Oliver the Babysitter” In this story Oliver goes to babysit his sister’s children while she is in the hospital. Oliver does the best he can. Will it be enough?
“Smoke Over the Sea” When Oliver spots smoke out in the ocean, he, Jumpy and Joey go to help. They are captured by the people of the island. Will this turn out okay?
“Rain Drop” Droppy is a water drop who joins her brothers and sisters in the cloud. After a while she falls back to earth, but what is her purpose?
I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.… (mais)