It was a cute story, with multiple characters and their pathes intersecting. A lot went on in the book, so read it slowly or you might miss actions.

This is a delightful collection of short stories, all about the animals who live on the riverbank. Lovely carefree reading, with charming illustrations, these stories brought a smile to my face. If you or your children enjoy stories about animals, you would probably love this book,

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a free copy to review.

Beautiful illustrations, it's ashame there weren't a few more. Lovely stories about animal lives on the riverbank, each one with an element of peril. Probably too challenging for early readers but would be great parent read opportunity. Thanks to Netgalley.

I think this suffered from over writing. I could see the comparisons to The Wind in the Willows and Beatrix Potter but it felt clunky and I can’t imagine it being of interest to many children. The illustrations were a delight and I could see them being sold successfully but the story was just not there. The morals were heavy handed. A minor complaint was also the names of the characters- Evelyn, Addison, Christopher etc they seemed so out of place in a story about woodland creatures. I would pass on this one.

A bit stiltedwriting, but I am sure fantasy stories about talking animals learning to help each other will be right up some children's alleys. I am guessing the shorter stories may be eaily read by 2nd or 3rd graders. Longwer onsw 4th, 5th. Simple language. Stories just weren't that impressive to me, but then, they aren't written for me. Kids may well enjoy them. I did like the illustrations! Wonderful! Wish there had been more.

I’m not entirely sure how I felt about these stories, so my review will not be as comprehensive as previously. I did love the cover, illustrations, and the characterization of the animals!

This is a series of linked stories about some of the inhabitants of the river bank - five in particular - which aims to teach young readers life lessons.

I was initially interested to read it because I saw a comparison made with The Wind in the Willows, which is one of my favourite childhood reads. I knew better than to expect something genuinely similar, but I have to say I was somewhat disappointed by this book.

The stories essentially consist of various inconveniences and dangers faced by creatures like the dragonfly, the grasshopper, the newt, the toad and the mouse. In almost every instance, the lesson learned is simply the value of friendship and the importance of co-operation.

While there are some nice descriptions of the countryside, the lack of originality or differentiation between the stories make for less than exciting reading.

The best stories were probably the ones about the toad and mouse, mainly the last line from the mouse's story. But it is highly misleading to make even passing comparisons to Kenneth Grahame's storytelling, so go for this only if you're looking for simple stories for young children. Giving it 2.5 stars rounded up to 3.

Thank you so much to Troubador and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

Down at the quiet riverbank lives many creatures a lonely grasshopper, a stern frog, a smart mouse, a newt who wants to explore and a lost dragonfly. Each one having an adventure they’ll soon never forget and learning lessons of life and survival.

This was told beautifully you could visual the riverbank, the creatures that live in, the land, the dangers. The descriptions left it beautifully in your mind as you read it, learning of the life that lives there, the scary dangers as they occur, it was so beautiful.

I loved all the different characters, each one had to do with a similar topic where they required help or others required help and the choices they made. Each one found danger and a scary predatory creature approaching them during their trip. Each one found new places to explore, finding new ways to learn to survive and most importantly they found new friends along the way.

I really enjoyed this story, seeing the creatures exploring, their fun adventure and how some of them intermingled with each other. The story was really wonderful and I loved the illustration of each character as it started a new story, they were really beautifully done.

If you want a soft and easy story that will let you escape to the riverbanks, meeting lost of animals along the way. If you like stories similar to the Wind and the Willows then you would really love this. It’s a relaxing read and tells you such a sweet story and you meet some great characters throughout.

Delightful and whimsical premise and characters. Unfortunately this reads like a rough draft, with run on sentences, incomplete sentences, and commas and semi colons missing. The stories themselves are missing life and flow - they read more like matter of fact Wikipedia entries than magical stories.