Unwrapping
"Yapper the Unhappy Snapper"
Authored by Chez Rafter
Illustrated by Daniela Frongia
* Ages: 4-8
* Grade Level: PS+
* Series: Rubbish Rebellion ( Book 1)
* Hardcover: 38 pages
* Publisher: Aurora House
* Pub. Date: October 29, 2018
* Language: English
Unwrapping some wonderful illustrations
Unwrapping the Story
This book bears a very timely message about taking care of our precious oceans and the creatures that call them their home. It points out many dangers that its inhabitants face caused by the litter and garbage that is thrown into their underwater environment.
Yapper the Snapper wants to play with his friends but he soon discovers they are sick from the trash and pollution that has been dumped into the water.
"Some coughed and sneezed,
gasped and wheezed,
they couldn't breathe in the polluted sea."
"There were bottles and tins, crates and bins,
floating and choking the sea within."
He dons a superhero persona and swims about saving them from harm. After he heroically rescues: krill covered in swill, a spinner dolphin with her fin caught in a rusty tin, a green turtle caught in a girdle, and a huge humpback with a plastic bottle stuck in her low hole... just to name a few, happily they swim along with him as he frees even more endangered critters.
Yapper gathers and tethers up all the loose garbage which allows he and his friends to have some well-deserved playtime finally.
Now free in the sea they gathered to say,
"Thank you, Yapper, you saved the day."
The illustrations are wonderful and the message is timely and necessary if we are to clean up and restore the ocean to its natural beauty and cleanliness. I found the rhyming a bit awkward at times and the repetitiveness a bit too long and tedious. I wish Yapper's friends had pitched in and helped with the cleanup too making it a successful team effort. Overall, the author gets her point across and the book, when shared, will be a meaningful catalyst for a much-needed conversation about being good stewards to our oceans. It would be a meaningful book to have in a classroom or an elementary school library also.
Chez Rafter was born in Sydney, Australia.
Storywraps Rating - 4 HUGS!!!!
Meet the author
Chez Rafter was born in Sydney, Australia.
At the tiny age of two, Chez contracted whooping cough and polio, and lived the majority of her childhood in Camperdown Children’s Hospital in Sydney.
While confined to bed, she would look up at the clouds and imagine travelling to faraway places. When Chez was old enough to read books, they led her on a different pilgrimage, with classics like Alice in Wonderland and Mary Poppins taking her mind to a magical world, which she believed helped her recovery. Her recuperation has always been synonymous with her hunger to write.
Adversity teaches you many things and with sheer grit and determination, Chez has always remained positive. Life’s setbacks have been her stimulus to continually succeed and achieve.
About the illustrator
Daniela, is a professional and full-time Digital Artist who specializes in children’s book illustrations, characters design, concepts and visual development art for video games, APP and films. She has illustrated over 60 children’s book and is currently working with different Publishers, Art directors and Authors from all around world.
Portfolio: www.caisarts.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caisarts/
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