Green Lizards vs Red Rectangles
A story about war and peace
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- £3.49
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- £3.49
Publisher Description
A brave and thought-provoking picture book about war and peace, from the creator of the much-loved Mr Panda series.
The green lizards and the red rectangles are at war. No one can remember why, but they fight and fight... Until one day, a little red rectangle decides to speak up. Can lizards and rectangles find a way to overcome their differences and live peacefully together?
Accessible for even the youngest readers, this is the perfect book to start conversations about learning to get along with each other.
Steve Antony is the winner of the Evening Standard Oscar's First Book Prize. He's been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the spirit of Dr. Seuss's The Butter Battle Book, Antony (The Queen's Hat) stages an absurdist face-off between an army of small, pea-green lizards and an opposing force of crisp, red rectangles of every shape and size. It's an unlikely, even nonsensical matchup (almost animal vs. mineral), and that's a large part of the book's strength this is not a war that ends with a realization along the lines of "hey, we're the same underneath it all." The combat reveals that both sides have their strengths: "the red rectangles were smart" (they attempt to encircle the lizards in a fencelike prison), while "the green lizards were strong" (they overwhelm the rectangles with their sheer, swarming numbers). Mid-battle, one lizard shouts, "What are we fighting for?" though his question goes unanswered after he is unceremoniously squashed. Luckily, the exhausted combatants find a way to coexist by book's end, as the rectangles transform themselves into an urban dwelling for the lizards a solution that acknowledges and celebrates difference, rather than trying to ignore or gloss over it. Ages 3 5.
