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Revenge of the Raccoons
Revenge of the Raccoons | Vivek Shraya
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Rebellious raccoons take back the city in a hilarious urban romp by bestselling author and performer Vivek Shraya Raccoons are hitting the streets to finally tell their story. The bushy-tailed bandits take over the town, swinging from cranes, scampering through subway cars, and pestering the police. Amid the mischief, the raccoons describe themselves as humans see them: thieving "trash pandas" that steal doughnuts and cash, topple our green bins, and frighten our cats. But when asked why they're invading the city, the raccoons insist they aren't pests, but survivors of the real invaders: humans. Revenge of the Raccoons is both a riotous tale of underdog uprising and a clever commentary on humans' sense of ownership over the cities we live in. Playful rhyming text and vibrant illustrations inspired by classic horror movie posters bring the raccoons' antics to life. As the raccoons frolic into the night, readers will enjoy cheering on the creative and cunning antiheroes, and maybe even reconsider who rules the city.
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Lindy
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“We‘re furry, we scurry, we‘re wily… you worry!” Repeated rhyming text by Vivek Shraya and bright, amusing art by Juliana Neufeld add up to lots of fun, plus an important message about humans needing to coexist with wild animals in an urban environment. #Canadian #LGBTQ #kidlit

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Lindy
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Cheeky bandits!

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A preschool horror story. 😉

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Endpaper magic

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LibrarianRyan
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4 ⭐ I absolutely loved this. The illustrations are bright, colorful, and sunshiny. The book has an easy to say cadence that rhymes well, and altogether works. The raccoons are the narrator saying you the reader are why they wonder homes. They come to take out donuts and check out trees and scare cats. The reason they do this is because we destroyed their real homes. We log their forests and paved their grass and now they have no other place to go

LibrarianRyan but our trash cans and our yard. This book is both fun but also a reminder that the animals had a home while we may think they‘re a nuisance, they are just trying to live in their new environment. Kids will get and understand this message and help spread it around. This is a fun way to be reminded that the actions we take have consequences. 2y
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