But, let's talk about one more wonderful Mo Willems book:
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Blame this post on the Washington Post and their wonderful column today about the amazing naked mole rat. So it turns out that there are a few discrepancies between actual naked mole rats and the ones in this delightful book. Shocking, right?
Allow me to quote the article from today:
"Their social structure is the mammalian equivalent of an ant colony. There’s a queen who takes two or three male consorts and is the only female to reproduce. She lords over the rest of the realm — which can be as large as 200 animals — so that the other females cease ovulating and the males give up." (Hopefully you are not reading this post aloud to your children.)
So after reading this book, if you are thinking it would be cool to be a naked mole rat, and you happen to be female, then it's only cool if you are the queen.
Alright, now all I can think is "Don't be a drag, just be a queen."
But this book doesn't talk about the queen, it talks about a young man named Wilbur that is different. He likes clothes. Drama ensues. Resolution occurs. Then there's a party. Which seems quite likely now that I know more about the species from the WP article. Since they live long lives and seem to have a complete resistance to cancer, why not party?
Prepare yourselves. I'm about to turn from this ALL MO WILLEMS lovefest to another wonderful and prolific author: Leo Lionni. Stay tuned.
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