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Review title: nice illustrations, choppy story
Product review: Like two other Janell Cannon books Stellaluna and Verdi, Trupp has great illustrations. That is only one element of the importance of children's picture books -- the STORY is really the main event that sparks imaginations and opens those priceless discussions. Trupp did not do that for us.As others here have pointed out, Trupp kind of meanders pointlessly on a journey that ends rather abruptly. The moral of the story is compassion and kindness to the homeless. I felt that this message was a little obvious and heavyhanded; it almost substituted for an actual storyline. In the end, Trupp: a Fuzzhead Tale comes across as bland and preachy.There are not a lot of children's picture books out there that address the homeless, and for that I must give Cannon credit for trying to touch on the subject.
