The Little Guys
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Publisher Description
An adorable cautionary tale from Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol
We are the Little Guys.
Yes, we are small. But there are a lot of us.
Together we are strong, and we can get all we need.
The Little Guys might be small, but they aim to be mighty.
As they head off to find breakfast, they can conquer anything through teamwork—cross deep waters, dig through obstacles, and climb the tallest trees. Nothing can stop them!
But as they begin to amass more than they need, the creatures in the forest ponder—what happens when no one can stop the Little Guys?
This slyly funny and rambunctious read-aloud explores how strength in numbers only works when the whole community unites together.
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2019
A 2019 Horn Book Fanfare Best of 2019 Book
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Caldecott Honor winner Brosgol brings her marvelous story-making perspective down to the forest floor, home to a band of diminutive creatures with acorn caps, red noses, full-body beards, and stick arms and legs. "Yes, we are small," the Little Guys explain, ranged on the shore of their tiny island. "But there are a lot of us." At first, they represent a paragon of cooperative labor. They gather food, standing atop each other to scavenge berries from a shrub ("We can find enough food for all of us") and burrowing into a fox's winter stores ("Nothing stops the Little Guys!"). They're actually quite obnoxious, as readers will start to realize ("None for you! All for us!"). After they hoard a forest's worth of resources and prepare to snatch a single final berry from the mouth of a songbird, they suffer a noisy downfall. Brosgol introduces an unexpected idea sometimes, collective power makes bullies out of pipsqueaks and adds a clever, collaborative resolution. The Little Guys' faces are all beard, so the story's emotional arc is conveyed by other creatures' reactions, along with action lines and big, comic-style lettering. Expertly paced and very funny, this readaloud doesn't go quite where readers think it will. Ages 3 7.
