I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute book. The pictures were bright and colorful. It had the great message of working together to solve a problem. I think kids will enjoy it.

Way way way too long. I didn’t make it to the end. I was board and the illustrations were not interesting enough to keep my attention through the slough of words on the previous page.

A lizard and his mouse buddy watch tourists do touristy things on the island of Madeira, which makes for an interesting change of perspective. He’s not bothered by their actions as long as they drip food for him and his girl lizard friend to buffet on. At the end he manages to accidentally do something he couldn’t earlier, so all the other lizards are impressed at his learning ability.
Rather than the usual bright illustrations, this book opts for a more nuanced color scheme, with an almost Impressionistic feel. There aren’t many of them, though; most of the book is written description, with some but not a lot of it in rhyme.
Overall it’s fun enough, though with more shades than most books made for this age group.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

A most interesting and educative way of learning about these Madeira lizards. This little book is like a biology for kids book that gives unique and interesting information about a few of the Madeiran animal citizens. It is colorful and very eye catching with a little quirkiness to it, simple and nice yet informative.

This was kind of cute! I guess it may become a series? It's a pretty straight forward tale of Sid who likes to eat food tourists drop. Littles might like it. My Kindle didn't show any illustrations, but I'd bet they are cute. I'll have to look for the book.