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Well, I just wanted to start off saying that I had a hard time reading this book mainly because I hate reading on my phone. That being said, I did enjoy the story. At first, it was a little boring, but as the story progressed, I became interested in Buddy and why she was so unique. I've honestly never read a book from a baby goat's perspective. This is not really a book I would typically pick up, and I initially thought this would be a picture book that I could read with my 2 year old. However, this book is more middle grade. It's the perfect book to read-aloud to a classroom or group of kids. The author keeps you interested and wanting to know what happens next. I'm actually excited to see the next book in this series. Also, I just wanted to mention that even though it took me three months to read this book, I still remembered what I was reading when I would go back to it after not reading it for a week or two. Usually, I forgot what I had just read, but not with this book.
I loved this children's chapter book so much. The story was so heartwarming but also about loss, overcoming problems and having the confidence to solve them. Also knowing where you fit into the pecking order of life. I started reading this book with my 9 year old daughter taking it in turns to read but she didn't seem to warm to it as it didn't contain horses or history. So I was loving it that much I had to finish it myself it was truly magical and cast a wonderful spell of action and adventure and love for each other. This book is brilliant for those who can confidently read chapter books or those just moving onto chapter books with the support of an adult as some of the names a quite unique. It contained a few pictures aswell that were so beautiful. I thought it was so much fun a brilliant adventure story through the eyes of a very special mountain goat with a very special gift to be able to talk to there animals. Its a brilliant coming of age novel and finding your own place within society and how working together you can over come your problems. These morals are so important for children of 7 to 11. I thought it was clever that these morals were taught through nature and it helps children give great respect to life and to nature in turn.
Thank you so much to the author and publishing team for bringing us this delightful book to help us learn how to become better people both to nature and to each other. I look forward to reading the next book in this series. And to reading more by this brilliant author. I have left the above review under ladyreading365 26/11/21 on goodreads, waterstones, Google books, Barnes&noble, kobo and amazon UK. Also on my blog https://ladyreading365.wixsite.com/website/post/legend-keepers-the-chosen-one-by-bruce-smith-ibpa-5-stars
What an absolute wonderful book! Legend Keepers is a book for all ages. It's a beautifully written story about Buddy that touch your heart and teach amazing facts about mountain goats and other animals that Bubby meets on his journey. I can't wait to read the next book in this series. This is a book that needs to be in every school library. Excellent book!! I received a complimentary copy from Hidden Shelf Publishing House, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles via NetGalley and was not required to write a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
I found this buddy's story to be engaging and one which I wasted to find out more about as the book developed. You can definitely feel the authors love for and knowledge of both the setting and the animals in question. This is definitely a book that will find a market within schools and marks a solid novel debut for the author.
I really liked the sound of this book, I was excited to read a story told from an animals point of view in the hopes it would appeal to those children who live animals.
When I started reading I felt a little disappointed that the language and tone wasn't quite what I expected, the more I read the more disappointed I was.
The story seemed flat and lacked a focus. The writing was that I'd expect from a child, there weren't mistakes as such but it just didn't hot the spot.
A very rare occurrence for me but I actually gave up reading this part way through.