Olive and Ginger is a lovely story with beautiful illustrations. I read it to my 4 year old son and we both enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for my ARC.

This is a story about Ginger a cat that discovers a toad named Olive. They begin a discussion about themselves. Olive learns things about Ginger and Ginger learns about Olive. They discover things they have in common and things that are different about each other. The illustrations are interesting. In learning about the author, Xenia Mesot and coming from the Ukraine the illustrations were understandable. They were delightful. A sweet story about differences and how we are similar but can still get along.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this ARC.

This sweet and short childrens story is about the friendship between a cat and a toad. But it’s much more then that. It’s about embracing each others differences and celebrating them. It’s about acceptance and politeness and more. Lovable for all ages.
And the gorgeous illustrations makes the story a pure visual treat to behold.

I was not a big fan of this book. The pictures were great, but the story was not. I don’t think it flowed well at all, and I didn’t like the abrupt ending.

This was not my favorite children’s book. Some of the words were too advanced for young readers. I loved the pictures. They were very beautiful. I also liked the message about looking at things in a new way.

Lovely little story with super cute illustrations :)
The story got my daughter asking questions about the animals and why cats eat mice, and toads dragonflies etc.

It is an engaging children's story although it felt almost robotic. But I dearly enjoyed the illustrations that were present in this book. Especially the third or so page with the cats printed across, would make a cute wallpaper. A quick and fun story.

I thought the delivery was a little too robotic. Children's books usually flow in a way this one simply did not. The illustrations are pretty but not sure the story would hold a child's attention.

Thanks for the ebook to review. The cover and illustration style really drew me in.

I read this to both my girls and my seven year old liked it a lot. Miss 4 liked the pictures but it was slightly to long for her.

The language was quite mature for a children's book and at times felt a bit strange. I loved the illustrations a lot and felt like both characters had their own personalities which was nice.

A big thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is a childrens book. It is different and nicely illustrated. I am not sure where the title comes from. No names are ever given in the book. Just toad and cat. An unlikely pair that become friends. I liked it but thought there should be some sort of conclusion. It just sort of ends. 3 short chapters of specific moments between the 2 friends. I think most kids would like it because its different and sort of fun to think of a cat and toad together. 3 stars from me.

What a cute book Olive and Ginger is. Olive and Ginger is a story of friendship between an unlikely pair-- a cat and a toad! Despite their differences, they form a friendship and do many activities together. Super cute book that all ages will enjoy! Putting on my list of books to give a gifts and at b a baby showers.

A very descriptive book with engaging images; this is a book for confident readers, it requires a good level of inference and is great for prompting discussion. The book made me smile many times as I read it, the shorter stories within it make it a nice sequence of shirt stories to read over time - as a class text or bedtime story perhaps.

The style of writing reminds me of sats/reading examination texts. It's grammatically well written, uses good vocabulary in a way that makes it approachable for children. It's a text that shows the importance of inference skills - knowing how cats sound when they sing for example!

4.2 Stars
Olive and Ginger are a toad and a cat that meet and become friends. Or rather, the cat meets the toad and expresses his interest to be the toad’s friend. The duo meets and talks about singing, humans, seasons, etc.
The book is divided into three chapters; teeny ones, each dealing with a different scene/ episode. The illustrations are cute but don’t take away from the story. That’s because the book has been formatted to highlight text and illustrations side by side.
The singing episode was fun to read. Overall, it is a cute little book for kiddos. Though I’m not sure if a 5+ kid can read such a long opening sentence and make sense of it in one go. It’d work better if the book was read out to the kids (I guess that’s the intention too).