The Day I Met BigFoot is a sweet story about a boy who encounters a new friend when out for a walk. BigFoot tells him that he usually hides, because he is different. Although the boy is scared at first, once he realizes that BigFoot is also scared, they share a bond and become fast friends. The rhyming cadence and nice illustrations add to the story's allure. This book would be appropriate for kindergarten or first grade classrooms.

Thank you to Fox Chapel Publishing and NetGalley for an advance reader's copy of this book. Opinions expressed are my own.

Mother of two here, and we enjoyed The Day I Met BigFoot, by DL Miller! The story follows an adorable boy as he embraces the beautiful day and sets out on an adventure through the woods, only to come across a huge footprint. Scared at first, BigFoot is quick to introduce himself and reveal that he isn’t scary! The story flowed well, and a rhyming book is always a hit in our house. As a mother, I loved the friendly reminders to “be brave” and “be yourself”. The illustrations were beautiful and reminded me of Roald Dahl’s illustrator, Quentin Blake. The story kept everyone’s attention, and it was perfect for my 8-year-old to read to my 5-year-old. I would definitely recommend this book to an elementary-aged family.

Thank you to NetGalley and Fox Chapel for this eARC!

Thank you so much to Happy Fox Press / Fox Chapel Books and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

A young boy wakes up and goes on his usual a nature walk, but on this day he sees the biggest print in the floor he’d ever seen. It leads him to a new unexpected friend, Bigfoot.

I like that the young boy was only afraid for a few seconds and as soon as he actually sees Bigfoot and started talking to him, he was completely fine, just happy to be a friend.

I loved that it showcased a child enjoying nature and all it had to offer, knowing all the different prints in the grass, I loved the friendship that was formed and how he was encouraging and kind towards Bigfoot saying he needed to shine, it was really sweet.

The illustrations were cute, they showed off a really adorable style of Bigfoot, he wasn’t scary at all, you could see lots of birds and other animals on each page which was really sweet to see, they worked will with the story.

** “The giant footprint was a mystery no more, towering high was a monster, for sure!” **

D.L. Miller shows the power of courage and friendship in “The Day I Met BigFoot: And Met a New Friend.”

A young boy takes a journey on a beautiful day, finding, birds, trees and butterflies, enjoying everything he finds around him … until he finds the strangest thing he’s ever seen. A giant footprint!

But even though he is afraid, he asks the creature where he came from and what his name is, showing kindness and friendship.

Told in simply rhyme form and featuring fun, bright and colorful illustrations by Helen Flook, the story shows us that we are all different yet the same, and that we can all be stars.

“The Day I Met BigFoot: And Met a New Friend,” which is due out Aug. 12, will quickly become a family favorite.

Five stars out of five.

Happy Fox Books provided this complimentary copy through NetGalley for my honest, unbiased review.

This book is a great rhyming story that reminds us it is ok to be different. The illustrations went great with the story. This will be a great addition to our elementary library.

The Day I Met Bigfoot is a sweet and simple story about friendship and being okay with being different. The illustrations were soft and a lot of fun. My kiddos enjoyed the story and message behind it.

Thanks to Fox Chapel Publishing and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.

A rhymed narrative of a kid who goes for a hike in the woods by himself, but ends up much less alone than you might think, when he discovers a mahoosive footprint and gets to befriend Bigfoot. The narrative is a touch awkward, when they prove they can accept each other and then immediately have to part as the sun is going down – the hike was started early, so it's been a very short day. But then perhaps the kid shouldn't have been hiking through the forest alone. The rhyming isn't too bad, until it does crunch to a halt at one failing couplet, before resuming well. I did think the visuals were a touch unable to keep the scale of the footprints with the feet that caused them, but on the whole this was done successfully – and the pages are ever-lively, with cats in the lad's home, and rabbits and cardinals watching him in the woods.

Ultimately, this is fine, but not great. The two characters infer a difference, when that is more or less that the two are individuals and loners ("I'd rather be lonesome than misunderstood…" indeed), which of course invites the kid to be all cloyingly woke and saccharine about the mis-maligned monster. While books like this that prove being your own true self is best are ten-a-penny, this probably won't survive to thrive on such an overburdened shelf, but it's not worth completely dismissing. Three and a bit stars.

Publication date: Febraruary 1st 2020

The Day I Met Bigfoot is a lovely rhyme book celebrating our differences and the need to be brave in the world. Very sweet with lovely colorful illustrations.