Attain Jasper Ollie Articulated By Alex Willan Conveyed As Booklet

reading a picture book, I am always looking for good read aloud's for the library, This is not a book I would read out to a class but I would use it to read out loud one on one, The illustrations are great and very interactive with lots going on that wouldn't be caught in a group read,
This book also highlights that friends can still be friends even if the are different,
Great book!! Jasper the fox and Ollie the sloth are friends and complete opposites, Ollie likes to take his time, while Jasper is impatient and maybe a little hyperactive, When Jasper and Ollie decide to spend a day at the pool, their differences are on full display, Jasper wins the race to the pool, and assumes that Ollie is already there, Meanwhile, the reader sees Ollie taking his time, slowly making his way to the pool, Jasper's antics will have kids in stitches, and they will spend a lot of time looking over the detailed illustrations, This was a lot of fun to read, and is perfect for anyone in need of a summer themed laugh, I like the slow and thoughtful sloth, Ollie, but the hyperactive and inconsiderate fox dominated the story and got on my nerves quickly, The balance was just off, and the fox went way too far past simple mischief, otherwise this might have been pretty good, What a hilarious duo. Jasper the fox does everything at a frenzied pace while Ollie is slowwww and steady, The illustrations do such a great job of contrasting the two as they make their way to the pool at their own rates in their own way, What makes this book even funnier is we can all probably think of the Jaspers and Ollies in our own lives, I liked the story of two friends a sloth and a fox and how they approach a new adventure a day at the poolone focused and in a hurry to get there and have fun.
And the other dawdling and taking time to enjoy the walk and smell the flowers, Finally, the characters come together and share the adventure together, A retelling of the tortoise and the hare, this is the story of a fox and a sloth who are best friends, Follow Jasper as he races his friend to the pool and see what shenanigans ensue,

This was very cute and I enjoyed monitoring Ollie's progress as we saw Jasper bound from place to place, I'm a lover of sloths from way back so when my kids found this and wanted me to read it with my "funny voices" different accents and made up silly sound effects, I was all for it.


I should have looked through the book more and paid better attention to the story, Jasper appears to be as overactive as a person who is on medication, Ollie went Everyone else thought of Zootopia, too, right Jasper is so crazy! He thinks so many things while Ollie is just walking down the steps of their house.
Jasper like goes everywhere trying to find Ollie at the pool and he can't find him! Then he has a very naughty idea, he presses the evacuation alarm and the lifeguard throws him out.
When Ollie finally gets back with ice cream, he asks, "Should we go in now" and Jasper says very nervously, "Why don't we go to the beach instead" and Ollie asks, "Do you want to race" and Jasper says, "I think racing can wait" because of what happened the first time they had been racing.


The Jasper amp Ollie books are very funny! I think this is a story about me and my mom going to the pool on a hot summer day, if she was a fox and I was a

sloth.
Anyone who has a friend that moves at a million miles per hour, or as slow as a sloth will relate to this humorous tale told mostly in pictures.
I love the illustration style, Great for inferring. Such a fun take on "The Tortoise and the Hare" concept, Jasper the fox wants to go to the community pool and wants to race Ollie the sloth to get there, When Jasper gets to the pool he starts looking for Ollie and trying to figure out where he could be, but of course Ollie isn't there yet, I loved the frantic energy of Jasper, the relaxed feel of Ollie, and the split pages showing what they were up to, Divergent paths, solid friendship. This book is hilarious. I think it's funnier because I have an inside joke with a former coworker about sloths, but the book is still great, The back page with the info about the author is even done creatively and to be funny! This book was a pleasant surprise! Ollie is adorable, I hope these characters are used in a sequel, Jasper the fox wants to go to the pool, Ollie the sloth agrees. Jasper races Ollie there only to realize that he's nowhere to be found when he gets to the pool, Jasper displays many inappropriate behaviors as he tries to locate Ollie, In the end Jasper gets kicked out of the public pool just as Ollie shows up, Children will enjoy pointing out what Ollie is doing while Jasper is racing around, Jasper and Ollie are friends, Jasper fox squirrel is extremely fast and he wants to race Ollie sloth to the pool, Of course Jasper wins and while he looks and looks for Ollie, Ollie is slowly walking to the pool, taking time to smell the flowers, help a friend paint the fence, buy an ice cream etc.
So is it better to be the fastest or the one who takes time to smell the flowers Cute story of two friends who decide to go to the pool.
Jasper the fox gets there super fast, then irritates everyone by asking them if they've seen Ollie, Ollie, meanwhile, being a sloth, ambles his way to the pool, Friends Jasper a fox and Ollie a sloth decide to go to the pool, Jasper gets there miles ahead of Ollie and then wonders where Ollie could be, He goes to great lengths to find his friend, Meanwhile, Ollie is having a leisurely stroll to the pool, getting the mail, and helping neighbors on the way,

Talk about opposites, Jasper is one high octane, million mile an hour, bundle of energy, Readers should find his antics at the pool in his hunt for Ollie very funny, It is a huge contrast to when the scene goes back to Ollie and his leisurely stroll, But Jasper does seem to learn to slow down a bit by the end of the story, The illustrations are fantastically fun and definitely tell a huge chunk of the story, Hand this one to kids learning to compare and contrast, and those looking for a funny read, "What do you want to do today" They agree to go to the pool and Jasper challenges his friend Ollie to race there, Except once Jasper wins the race, he can't find Ollie! He's forced to spend his time zipping around the pool vainly calling for his friend,

I should point out that Jasper is a fox and Ollie is a sloth, So the charming real story is friendship and understanding differences, It has been pointed out to me that the sloth is my spirit animal, And I certainly identified with the sloth in this story,

Jasper the fox is full of energy, Ollie the Sloth is slow, Jasper wants to race to the swimming pool, Ollie takes his time. High energy Jasper gets himself in trouble and realizes that maybe he should slow down a little, Jasper the Fox and Ollie the Sloth are good friends, They decide to spend the day at the pool, Jasper wants to race to the pool, but Ollie takes his time getting there, Their individual travel and pace to the pool displays a lot about their character and make up, This book was cute. I think children will love tracing Jasper the fox's tracks along the red dotted line and seeing all the mayhem he creates as he is moving around too quickly and not noticing the things around him.
I think the message at the end is also a good one for children to learn especially in today's busy world, The message was essentially "SLOW DOWN, NOTICE THINGS AND PEOPLE. " But it didn't come across as preachy, and it was a fun story, Jasper and Ollie are best friends, At breakfast, Jasper wants to go to the pool and Ollie agrees, Jasper, the fox, wants to race to get there and runs out of the house, Along the way, he pull on his swimsuit, blows past the mailman who dumps his letters, jumps over a turtle painting a fence, and hustles past the ice cream truck.
Now Jasper has to wait for Ollie though, And Ollie, the sloth, has a very different approach, He watches butterflies, smells the flowers, picks up the spilled mail, gets a drink, helps paint the fence, and gets an ice cream cone, Meanwhile Jasper is rushing around trying to see if Ollie is somewhere at the pool and manages to get himself thrown out, Luckily, that is just when Ollie arrives with ice cream cones for both of them,

Willan tells this story solely in speech bubbles, He uses framing techniques from comic books to great effect here, On the larger upper frame, he shows Jasper in his speedy desperation to find Ollie, Below, Ollie moves along quietly enjoying his walk to the pool, Jasper is often accompanied by a dashed line showing his movement over and under and around people and obstacles and usually accompanied by chaos in his wake,

The illustrations are brilliantly done with plenty of humor too, It has a wonderful aesthetic to it where the pattern of Ollies swimsuit is repeated on various things at the pool that Jasper searches, The illustrations are worth looking closely at to catch all of the funny moments and small touches along the way,

A combination of speed and sloth that makes for a great friendship and plenty of laughs, Appropriate for ages. .