![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually the little boat wash up on a little island, and they are greeted by a dodo, who tells the stranded animals that they’ll be able to go home - but only “when the trees grow back and when the ice returns and when the cities stop getting bigger and when the hunting stops.” A big storm hits and they are tossed around in the waves and carried away. The little boat takes him to a big city belching out fumes, where he rescues a panda a deforested jungle, where he rescues an orangutan and a plain, where he rescues an elephant being hunted for ivory. He cannot stay and so he decides to swim off in search of a new home. In actuality, the idea of conservation is not mentioned or conveyed at all, as the storyline is more one of destruction and devastation than one of mending things. “This beautifully illustrated story has a powerful message of conservation,” it says on the back. I really loved Frann Preston-Gannon's big, bold illustrations in The Journey Home, but I really, really disliked the story, and thought it was completely inappropriate for a picture book. ![]()
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