Book Review: The Hole Story by Kelly Canby

The Hole Story

by

Kelly Canby

Publisher: Fremantle Press

Publication date: 4th June 2024

Genre: Children's Picture Book

Pages: 40

RRP: AU$19.99 (hardback)

Source: Courtesy of the publisher

 

Review: The Hole Story

The Hole Story is written and illustrated by the talented Kelly Canby and she continues to delight with each new book published.

 

The Hole Story is about a young boy named Charlie who is delighted when he finds a hole. When he picks it up and puts it in his pocket he soon realises that 'a hole in your pocket' is not a good thing.

Charlie proceeds to the village to find someone who might need a hole but no-one wants the hole. Deflated, he takes the hole back - it's no good to anyone.

We then learn the hole had an owner all along!

 

Jay loves this book! He liked the play on words. "It's the whole story, get it." he would say.

I love it when he gets excited about a book and has picked this up and read it himself a few times.

 

The shop names in the shopping strip also have a delightful mix of word play; more for the adult reader here. The bakery is named Bread Pitt, the florist is Florist Gump, the boat builder is Seas the day, and there are more. I loved this bit of added humour.

 

The illustrations have much to pore over. Can you spot who is following Charlie?

 

The Hole Story introduces children to imagination, humour and magical realism. With her lovable characters and playful illustrations Kelly Canby is on our must read list. 

 

My rating 5 / 5 🕳🕳🕳🕳🕳

Recommended age 3 - 8 years

 

Teaching notes and activities can be found at Fremantle Press

 https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/the-hole-story-2/