Where Oliver Fits
by
Cale Atkinson
Order:
USA
Can
Tundra, 2017 (2017)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
O
liver, the hero of Cale Atkinson's allegorical picture book,
Where Oliver Fits
, is a small, cute puzzle piece. The story opens, '
Do you ever wonder where you fit? Could it be here? Or maybe over here? Oliver wondered too.
'
R
eaders wonder with Oliver, what kind of puzzle he might find himself in - something, exciting, wild, out of this world? He tries and keeps trying, but his colors and shape aren't quite right. So he keeps changing himself to fit in ... and eventually succeeds.
W
hen he realizes, '
if I can't be me, then what fun is it to fit in?
', he removes his disguise and is alone again. That is, until he finds others on the same journey - to be themselves.
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