Review of "Oliver & Hope’s Superhero Saturday," by Meg Cadts

Review of

Oliver & Hope’s Superhero Saturday, by Meg Cadts ISBN 9780692607893


Five out of five stars

 This is a book about what the child can imagine, provided they have the appropriate prop. Which is of course a cape, providing all the necessary energy for Oliver the bear, Hope the butterfly and Charlotte the fox to engage in scenarios where they come to the rescue of a pirate ship about to be swallowed by a whale and then disengage a balloon on an around the world journey that gets stuck in a tree. Real heroism becomes necessary when their friend Chewie the dog gets hopelessly stuck in the mud. Once their teamwork frees Chewie, they all team up to fight the mighty mud monster.

 It is quite a Saturday in the lives of the heroes of this story, of course the point is that every day can be a superhero Saturday if you have the imagination for it. This is a story that children will love, for the heroes are all stuffed animals, traditionally the favorite toy of nearly all children. It is easy for them to imagine their soft and fluffy friends engaged in exciting adventures involving great “danger.”