Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin (Children's Picture Book Review)

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Bo the Brave
by Bethan Woollvin
Published by Peachtree Publishing Company
on April 1, 2020

Genre: Children's, Picture Books

Length: 32 pages

Ages: 5 - 9 years

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Synopsis:

A feisty little girl learns who the real monsters are in this brilliantly funny medieval adventure. Once, there lived a little girl called Bo. Bo wanted to be just like her brothers and capture a fearsome monster. Bo is small, too small to catch a monster--or so her brothers say. But Bo isn't one to take no for an answer, so she sets off on a quest to catch a monster of her own. 

Author-illustrator Bethan Woollvin, the creator of the New York Times Best Illustrated Little Red, employs her signature style in this original fairy tale with a clever twist. Readers are sure to fall in love with Woollvin's newest vibrant and sassy protagonist.

Our Thoughts:

Bo is a little girl who lives with her two older brothers in a medieval land of forests and mountains. Her brothers, Erik and Ivar, go hunting for monsters but won't allow Bo to join them. They say she is too small, but Bo says otherwise. She sneaks out to look for monsters all by herself but soon learns who the real monsters are. 

I've had the pleasure to read a couple of Beth Woollvin's picture books before and love the message to girls that they can do anything they put their mind to and can certainly save themselves rather than wait for someone to come along and save them. 

In Bo the Brave, Bo is told she is too small to do what she wants to do, so she bravely goes out in search of adventures and monsters anyway. She soon encounters the creatures of the forest, learning that they aren't monsters at all, and then sets out to help and protect them. 

We really enjoy Woollvin's bold but cute illustration style. The color schemes are often a little strange (not basic colors) but it makes the artwork really stand out. I especially loved all the extra detail in Bo's room and in the natural elements in the story!

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