A charming little book. The story follows bunny Havi and his friends with their life in the woods through autumn and wintertime.
While I couldn't make too much of the story and (with my logical adult brain) found a few contradictions, I'm sure children will be easily enchanted and captivated by the book!
The illustrations by Julia Key are truly fabulous and magical.

Thank you, NetGalley and BooksGoSocial, for the chance to read a copy in exchange for an honest review! All viewpoints are entirely my own.

Hmmm… Two animal friends in the forest have to part, as one is going to move with its family to a different corner of the woodlands for the winter. Havi, then, the bunny (as opposed to the clearly differently named Avi the fawn) is going home when he stumbles upon a lump of shiny something. He finds a new home for himself, gets told the shiny thing is a trumpet, and slowly learns to make something musical come out of it. The end.

This could have been a heartwarming cycle through the seasons, as the animals Havi and Avi split then reunite; it could have been testimony to trying and trying again as Havi (not Avi – Havi) becomes an accomplished trumpeter to the surprise of all the critters who first heard him; it might have been some wacky larks about Havi (yes, Havi, not Avi – keep up!) moving into his new abode. Instead it's just a melange of half-ideas that go nowhere. And the blurb keeps telling us things that are not true – that we see friendship as a great adventure, that Avi – yes, I said Avi and I meant Avi – shows "the warmth of togetherness", which is a bit rich when she's hardly on these pages.

Visually there is some craft, but what the story is here I have no idea – a consultant mentioned, for no discernible purpose, a blurb and spiel that promises so much that is not on these pages, and the whole feel of this being a segment, or an opening file to a greater cycle of stories. Certainly what I was given to download and comment on was nowhere near either finished or as promised. One and a half parps.

I imagine that most electronic copies are a bit iffy, but the Adobe Digital is just as clear and delightful as any print copy would be. I do feel that in the next book there should be more pages per book to accommodate less words per page for younger readers.
Havi is the bunny who will winter in place and Avi is the deer who must move away with her family until spring. Havi moves a short distance away to make room for his newfound object, learns about snow and winter for the first time, and misses his friend. He also learns that the thing he found is a trumpet and he takes much time to practice until the noise it makes becomes music.
The illustrations by Julia Key are clear, imaginative, with muted pastel colors, and fun.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or your local public library!
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Lovely story about friendship & resilience. Would recommend for primary age children. Could be used in school circle times.

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Havi a bunny and Avi a fawn are best friends, but as the cold winter is approaching Avi has to move to a different area, leaving Havi alone. Whilst walking home Havi finds an unusual object one that helps occupy his mind without his friend through the harsh winter.

This book was sweet and I liked how friendly all the critters were to each other, having made many more friends once he had learnt how to use his trumpet which was so sweet. This is a sweet story on animals, nature, friendship, dedication and learning new skills. It’s a really easy and nice read, I liked how Havi spent so much time to learn his trumpet and that as he got good at it everyone was so interested and he no long had to be alone, it was adorable.

One thing I wasn’t a fan of though were some of the illustrations the animals just looked a bit too scary for my liking, though the images as a whole were great and seeing the environment and the silhouette pictures were really nice to look at, the features on the animals I wasn’t a fan of, they were a bit scary.

I really liked this book and found the story engaging and very cute. I do not think the title goes with the book though. The story begins about Havi and Ari who are friends. After Ari goes to another part of the forest for winter Havi finds an object. He then moves into a new home and learns a new skill. I found the illustrations very calming and pleasent. And though I liked the story and the meaning I found it kind of scattered. I think it would be a great bedtime or storytime story for young children.

The story begins with friends Havi and Avi however they soon go their separate ways and the charming story follows Havi on their journey after finding a mysterious object. It looks as though they are setting up for a sequel which I’d definitely give a try.

I wanted to give this one more stars however the format let it down. The illustrations were lovely and really helped to suck you into the story however on some pages the writing merged into the illustrations and it made it very hard to read. I found myself struggling to read parts to my daughter. I would worry this would put off young independent readers.

An adorable little story of what adults would probably label as a long-distance friendship. The illustrations in the book are absolutely wonderful, and I immensely enjoyed the fact that they weren't your typical cartoon kind of thing.
The story itself is simple, and easy for the kids to follow.

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I thought this book was just darling. I especially loved the adorable illustrations. If I had a child I would definitely buy them this book. I can see this book being very popular with little children.


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This was such a cute children's book! I read it to my cousin's newborn and thoroughly enjoyed the book myself. The artwork was beautiful, but I agree with others that the description is a bit misleading. Was cute, and would recommend to read to children! Thank you to NetGalley for the title!

Havi’s Trumpet was a good read for my and my children. Thinking it would be a sad story starting off with a goodbye. It turned into an adventure that reminds you to keep trying. If at first you don’t succeed try and try again

True Friendship tells the story of Havi the bunny, who is separated from his friend Avi the fawn during winter. Whilst hiding away, Havi practises and learns to play a trumpet which he found on his adventures.

I found the description a bit misleading, as the focus of the story did not to be on Havi and Avi’s friendship. But this is a lovely story for children to read with their grownups about persevering when learning something new. I thought the watercolour illustrations were really unique and beautiful, and captured the soft quiet atmosphere of winter in the woods well. I loved the robin in particular.

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I thought this book was enjoyable. Children can learn the value of practicing and not giving up. The illustrations were well-designed, but some pages were difficult to read the type on. I had to zoom in on the type to read it. I loved the Robin character. I think children would enjoy all the adventures of Havi.

I received an advanced review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Cute story with nice artwork. I feel like the description was a little misleading, as Avi doesn't play much of a part in the story besides the beginning. Overall, easy to follow the story and my children thought it was sweet.

I absolutely LOVE the colors in the drawings! It's so beautiful, with the pastels but also the very bright colors.
Sometimes the text is over the illustrations, and the darker colors in the illustrations make the text a little hard to read.
The story is cute but the ending was a little too sudden for me. I think more could have been done with that.

This was a really whimsical tale with a lovely storyline. The illustrations are beautiful and perfectly balances colour - the pages feel colourful but they also retain some of their dreaminess without being muddy.

A couple of pages are difficult to read the writing on - most have a distinguished area around the text but not all. It's Definitely worked better when the text is separated out with a lighter background.

I think my only issue really is that it all ended a bit abruptly which was a shame as it was really lovely and I think just a couple more pages could have resulted in a much softer and warmer ending.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an E-ARC

Thank you @NetGalley for this book’s ARC.
I thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful little children’s book. The colours are catchy, the illustrations are lovely and the story is gripping too. The faces of the animals tend to become a little weird as the story goes on but I think children will love it nonetheless.

The main characters being a bunny and a fawn reminded me of Bambi and Thumper from the famous children’s story Bambi.