The Mountain
Hardcover – Picture Book, October 19, 2021
NorthSouth Books · Hardcover · October 19, 2021
Could everyone be right in this light-hearted story about different perspectives?
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- Who it’s for
- A light-hearted story turns a mountain into a gentle question about whose perspective counts.
- Themes
- Different perspectives, Tolerance
- Genres
- Animal Stories, Values & Virtues, Environment & Conservation
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Could everyone be right in this light-hearted story about different perspectives? The bear knows exactly what the mountain looks like—a forest. The sheep, octopus, and ant also know the mountain. It’s a meadow! It’s surrounded by water! It’s a maze of tunnels! The chamois and snow hare have their opinions too. It seems the mountain looks different to every animal. How can that be? And whose point of view is right?
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Rebecca Gugger and Simon Röthlisberger’s insightful story about tolerance is told in their feather light way. "A natural for storytime, this humorous tale elevates the beauty of many perspectives."—Kirkus Reviews
Many Ways of Seeing
A light-hearted story turns a mountain into a gentle question about whose perspective counts.
Come here for
- Animal viewpoints that make one mountain seem like many places
- A humorous, feather-light approach to tolerance
Expect
- Different answers to what the mountain looks like
- A story that leaves room for more than one point of view
Where it sits
| Values & Virtues | 70% |
|---|---|
| Animal Stories | 56% |
| Environment & Conservation | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Animal Stories
- Camping & Outdoor Adventures
- Growing Up
- Authors
- Rebecca Gugger
- Publisher
- NorthSouth Books
- Published
- October 19, 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Different perspectives · Tolerance
- Reading lane
- Animal Stories