A beautiful, simple yet complex, and interesting tale that I feel that young children would flock to. Definitely recommend this for life units for teachers.

While I was intrigued by the idea of a raccoon with a refined palate, the young readers that I shared this book with weren't very engaged with the story of the illustrations. Muddy is a fun character, and the repeated mention of raccoons performing an action seventeen times was amusing, but I don't know that the children I read the book with understood just how silly it was for a raccoon to steal food from a restaurant. Perhaps children who are more familiar with the nighttime critters would enjoy the story more!

Muddy is a sweet raccoon who likes doing his things his own way. Instead of eating usual raccoon food, like small animals and plants, he loves human food, and is used to find his favorite meals in the garbage of a nearby restaurant. Best of all, he likes disposing his chosen food on a plate before eating. All is well for him, until one day, when his community hear of what he is doing and informs him that he is breaking an ancient pact. Long ago, the raccoons promised to never again steal human food, and humans to never again chase raccoons.

From this serious plot unravels a sweet and funny story about taking responsibilities for your mistakes, asking for forgiveness, and in the end, enjoying what presents itself to you. I really enjoyed the story, even if I was so-so about the ending. The illustrations are truly wonderful.

Minimalist artwork tells the story of a bowtie-wearing raccoon who prefers foraging in garbage cans than in the woods, but then insists on eating off plates. I don’t know why his parents call him a picky eater—unless they mean picking through garbage—but that’s definitely not my definition.
Apparently raccoons are OCD about washing, with a strangely high prime number.
The ending did not go as I expected, and I’m not sure if there’s supposed to be a point to all this. Muddy did bad things and got away with them in the end; not only did the punishment backfire, he got to do even more of what got him in trouble in the first place!

hehehe this book is quite funny. A picky eater Racoon? Sounds like me since I am a picky eater too even though I love food :p I love how the family portrayed in this book, and also a message about family from this book. It's such a cozy, enjoyable, and quiet story of family of racoon that your kids and perhaps yourself will enjoy :D

A funny and cute short story about a picky-eater raccoon. The illustrations are also lovely and kids will definitely love this.

Muddy is a charming raccoon--with a specific appetite. Muddy: The Raccoon Who Stole Dishes is relatable to any parents of "picky" eaters. While the story of Muddy is lovely and funny, the art in this book (done by Linda Wolfsgruber) is the clear winner. I loved the hand-drawn figures amidst the hand-painted backgrounds. It gave the book a cozy and warm feeling while reading about a mischievous animal in the middle of winter. I would love to see this be the kick-off to a series! My children would love to continue reading about the adventures of Muddy, the picky Raccoon!!! I also think this book would lend itself well to children's book subscription kits like Ivy Kids.

This is a really cute story about a raccoon named Muddy. It has cute illustrations that go with the story. I think all children will like this story. Thank you NorthSouth Books via NetGalley for the ARC copy of this book. This is my honest opinion.

This is a cute little story about a raccoon named Muddy that is a picky eater. If you have ever had raccoons in your yard you know how munny they can be. This story teaches you a lot about raccoons and how they eat. They can also have some human traits like being picky. Muddy's interaction with the other raccoons is cute. The illustrations are very nice and lend a lot to the story. Little kids will love the story of Muddy. Some might even relate to him being a picky eater. Just don't let them leave a plate of food outside for him.

Thank you NetGalley and North South Books Inc. for my DRC.

Muddy the raccoon is adorable!
He wears a bow tie and likes to eat his garbage off of plates all proper like.
This is a really fun little story with pages that look like paintings rather than drawings.
I really enjoyed this and can't wait to share it with the tiny humans in my life!

This book was not in order when I received it, so it made it difficult to read. I got the gist of the story and thought it was cute. The illustrations were done well and with lots of color. I just wish the pages were in order.

This was a sweet book - I loved the illustration style! Very unique in a world of similar picture books! My 1 year old son enjoyed it when I read to him. Excited to get my hands on the physical copy!

Cute enough story of a raccoon, named Muddy, who doesn’t want to eat the food that everyone else does, he wants to eat out of the trash can by the restaurant across the lake.

So he goes there one night, and takes a plate of food, and all the other raccoons follow suit.

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What starts out as a rebellion against what his parents wants, turns into a revolution, as all the raccoons join in and take over the restruant.

Not sure what the message is here, but kids might like the idea of the kid going against their parents wishes.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Come here for really good artwork, and a pleasant and snappy story concerning a raccoon with tastes so astute and refined he has to eat his leftovers off a human's plate. I didn't know that raccoons dunked their food – which is nothing to do with cleaning it, apparently – but I do now, and adults and children alike will enjoy the twist to the end of the tale here. It's an easy read and well suited for a particular audience, with roughly five paragraphs for each double-page spread. Its subject and it itself are really quite winsome. Four and a half stars.

It seemed like there was something wrong with the formatting for Kindle, because the story appeared to be all out of order. This is a story about a naughty raccoon, with a lesson about stealing. The illustrations are lovely and I thought they contributed to the story as much as the words did.

There are many things going for Muddy. First, the premise, that Muddy is a picky eater and prefers human leftovers on a plate rather than clams and other proper raccoon food, is quite unique, fun, and full of potential. Second, the artwork tells the story as much as the author's word does; however, it would have been more enjoyable if the artwork was more refined.

While the story itself fixates on things that distracts from Muddy's tale, it is nonetheless a very cute book, but not one that would make it into my permanent collection.

What I loved about this book:: the images were beautiful. I've always loved raccoons-those fun little critters that they are. I thought these images were remniscent of Louisiana with the crawfish, and blue-green colors. The simple design kept me rooted throughout the sample, and interested in the story.

The difficult part about the sample is that it did not come out clearly on the Kindle. Thinking it might be the version I was using, I switched to another. Seemingly out of order, and sideways, it was difficult to get a feel for the story.

That being said, I'd be interested in reading again should the format issue be fixed.