June 22, 2022 | Picture Book Review

The Capybaras

Soderguit, Alfredo

2021, Greystone Kids

Fiction

Grades Preschool - 3

Print copy available through interlibrary loan; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive and Axis360

In this beautiful and simple book, hens and their chicks are living safe and secure in their coop, or at least it seems that way. They are happy with life as it is, and each hen knows her job. They don't even seem to notice when one of them is carried off from time to time.

Until the day the capybaras appear. To the hens, they are too hairy, too wet, and too big. They don't even follow the rules! But it's hunting season, and the capybaras need refuge.

As time passes and days change, minds begin to open and new possibilities appear. Can the hens accept the capybaras after all?

This delightful story teaches readers about the importance of caring for each other, no matter our differences.

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