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Very nicely illustrated and written. Perfect to teach our kids the importance of speaking up and the value of protecting our planet.

I really liked this parable – it accurately and decently portrays a fictional ecological protest, where a young girl slowly gathers enough people with her to protect the life of the forest from the 'Giants' that are tormenting everywhere and polluting everywhere else. What I didn't like was the fact it was launched off the back of the Greta Thunberg character – this story doesn't feature anyone looking like her, sounding like her, acting like her, and to make out it has that current affairs feel really diminishes the timeless lesson, the very parable itself. Yes, it's still a worthy book – with barely more than two paragraphs a spread at times, its attractive artwork conveys the story expertly, and the moral is still the same – but I felt this was a cashing-in exercise. It might sound ecological to crash two books – the story of our world's Greta, and this fantasy fable's "Greta" – into one, but I know which one I would have preferred to read. Still, it has to be classed as recommendable.

This is a nice allegorical story about Greta Thunberg's activism and leadership on climate change. In this narrative, governments and industry are represented by giants who destroy the environment, leaving the animals fearing for their future. Nobody wants to do anything because everybody is afraid of standing up to the giants. Everybody except Greta, that is. She starts by herself, but is soon joined by others, until there are so many that their complaints can no longer be ignored.

Unlike in real life, the giants in this story actually have a conscience. Once it's pointed out to them that they're doing great harm, they change their ways and everybody lives happily ever after. If I have one complaint about this book, it's that the resolution feels unrealistic and way too simple. In reality, greed is driving so much of the problem, and it's going to take more than a few protesters to change anyone's mind. The problem extends to the suggestions for helping that are included at the back of the book. While doing something is better than doing nothing, personal choices aren't really going to have much of an effect (especially if not everybody is doing them). Then again, I guess it would be a little depressing for a picture book to tell children that there's really nothing they can do and that their fate is dependent upon people who value money above all else.

The illustrations are quite cute, very colourful and charming. I like the animals with their protest signs. The whole thing is a great starting point for teaching young children about the climate change fight and what some people are doing to try to avoid a planetary catastrophe. It might be too political for some, but it's an important message that everyone needs to hear, whether they agree with it or not.