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|title=Tales From Percy's Park: After the Storm
|author=Nick Butterworth
|reviewer=Ruth Ng
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Beautiful illustrations, a lovely rescue story, and a magical fold -out poster at the end all make this a wonderful story to share.
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|date=January 2011
|isbn=978-0007155156
|website=|videoaznuk=0007155158|amazonukaznus=<amazonuk>0007155158</amazonuk>|amazonuscover=<amazonus>0007155158</amazonus>
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I've found that the Percy books don't work very well with tiny tots - you need a toddler willing to sit still for more than 30 seconds - but they're lovely enough to keep sharing even as children grow older. This one provides interesting talking points, about weather and storms (and you can discuss any fears children might have) and also, at the end, we see Percy holding a tiny acorn in his hand as he says he has one job left back at the hill where the old tree was. The book doesn't explain what he means, and I liked that it was left for us to discuss together what an acorn was, and what Percy was planning to do with it.
The addition of the beautiful poster at the back of the book makes this perfect as a gift book since it's something a little bit special. We spent a long time looking over the picture together, seeing where every oneeveryone's new houses were and what they were doing, choosing where we would live if we were squirrels and so forth. You could probably take the poster out to hang on your wall if you wanted to, but I like to keep it in the book as it's a nice place to finish the story.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag. We also have a review of Butterworth's [[Tales From Percy's Park: Percy's Bumpy Ride by Nick Butterworth|Tales From Percy's Park: Percy's Bumpy Ride]].
Further reading suggestion: There are other stories about Percy the Park Keeper, or you might like to try [[Trixie The Witch's Cat by Nick Butterworth|this one]] about a witch's cat.
