The Adventure of Thomas the Turtle stresses family values, filial obedience, adversity, curiosity, faith and determination. Parents will enjoy reading this touching story to their 5-to-9-year-old children for its exciting adventure and strong moral messages.
Review: Although I enjoyed the illustrations, I found this book to be clunky, and unsuitable for children. With forced, choppy dialog and words that I would not expect the intended audience to understand, this book was a poor attempt at a fun story for children. I’m not sure if the underlying moral was meant to be so overt, instead of subtle, like an Aesop’s fables. The book also discourages children from doing things independently and encourages blind obedience. The way Thomas’s father and his disappearance are introduced is both random and unbelievable even for a children’s book. It would be insulting to expect a child to enjoy more than the illustrations of this book.
