Fiction based on reality with a dollop of education mixed in, Adoption Day will allow readers to explore what life is like for a horse on a ranch.
Alvin is our fun-loving, happy-go-lucky protagonist in this story, which details what happens when a horse is weaned from its mother and sent to its new home. What’s more, Alvin is a real horse and resides on the ranch with the author along with several of the other characters in the book; it’s nice to imagine them all living happily and the creative way that the author has captured their real-life personalities makes for good reading.
Beautiful, whimsical illustrations create vivid images that transports the reader to the animals’ home: they’re certainly a strong point of the book. On the other hand, the story itself is mostly readable although the tense is quite confusing and at time, off putting. Similarly, the flow of the story is a little stilted in places and distracts from the enjoyability of the tale.
There’s potential for a lovely series of books here especially given the fantastic illustrations and the innovative idea and I’m curious to see what comes next. Reviewed on behalf of the author by The Book Dragon, this tale is awarded 3.5 stars.
