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The Society of Distinguished Lemmings

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The Society of Distinguished Lemmings enjoy the finer things in life, and aim to be distinguished in everything they do. So when the lemmings meet a bear, they are faced with a great challenge: can they transform this wild animal into a member of their society?

A hilarious and quirky picture book about overcoming differences and being distinguished... but differently!

ISBN: 9781787410541
Pub Date: 1st June 2018
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Imprint: Templar Publishing
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 40

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Cas12 Adult 8 book reviews

4th July '18

I read it to Lydia aged 5 aged 5

My 5 year old daughter loved this story, the illustrations are fantastic and the detail on the lemmings and the bear is Amazing !! Lydia loved Bertie he was such a great character especially when he met Bear. It is a great book to show how new friends can help old ones. Would highly recommend.

Traceymitch Adult 57 book reviews

13th July '18

I read it to Ellie14 aged 4 aged 4

I read this to my granddaughter who is 4 and half and she enjoyed the story the illustrations were very detailed and fascinating.

Butterflytails Adult 23 book reviews

18th September '18

I read it to FreyaJ aged 5 aged 5

Lovely clear illustrations with plenty of detail to discuss and speech bubbles to give an extra dimension to the story. We both enjoyed the storyline and it lead to discussion about acceptance of people who look or act differently to you.

Amy-Wiltshire Adult 455 book reviews

30th June '18

I read it to Noah aged 7 aged 7 & to Flynn aged 5 aged 5

This is a very quirky and fun book with a wonderful message. It is a busy story filled with many, many Lemmings who are both very distinguished and extremely chatty. The Society of Distinguished Lemmings even have their own set of 10 rules to help keep everyone in order. One day one of the Lemmings decides to venture above ground and comes face to face with a bear. The two start to play together and have fun and they soon become good friends. However when the rest of the Lemmings meet the bear they are very unsure about him. The bear is covered in leaves, cannot use a knife and fork and loves to play in the mud. The Lemmings question whether a bear could ever fit into their society. This book is lots of fun and has some amazingly detailed illustrations. There are also some wonderful characters to meet. The main story is a few sentences per page but there are lots of chatty Lemmings that have their own speech bubbles detailing their thoughts and conversations. We enjoyed the story and had great fun making up our own Lemming voices.

pipsmum84 Adult 44 book reviews

16th December '18

I read it to Pip aged 3 aged 3 & to Bchild aged 5 aged 5

This quickly became one of our favourite bedtime stories. It has a lovely theme of teaching acceptance of others whilst at the same time being funny. This is cleverly written and beautifully illustrated.

Dexosc Adult 9 book reviews

8th October '18

I read it to Dexrobrow aged 6 aged 6

What a great book to help little ones understand overcoming differences with great illustration and a good storyline. Dexter really enjoyed this xx

Oggy1511 Adult 3 book reviews

29th July '18

I read it to Zac27 aged 5 aged 5

What a lovely bedtime story Zac enjoyed immensely and listened attentively. We read it once then read it over and over again . We liked the story as a whole and the characters were funny . The book was like going on a adventure and Zac enjoyed this and made him laugh.

KathyB Adult 7 book reviews

19th August '18

I read it to BenjiB aged 3 aged 3

I like the storyline of this book about overcoming differences and accepting one another. The illustrations are amazing too, showing incredible detail of the bear and the lemmings. Many pages include speech bubbles from the numerous lemmings which adds quirky and funny aspects to the story and characters. I think this is quite a unique feature of this book. It is a funny and sweet story. My three year old enjoys the story so I am sure other toddlers will too!

DD Adult 21 book reviews

5th July '18

I read it to Brooke aged 5 aged 5

My niece really enjoyed this book she thought the lemmings were funny and she enjoyed reading the speech bubbles

dannydog1 Adult 21 book reviews

6th July '18

I read it to Dannydog aged 2 aged 2

A lovely sentiment behind this story, about acceptance of others that are different and like doing different things in life.
Amusing detailed illustrations of the Lemmings, with great characters. Great vocabulary to introduce to young ones- distinguished,society, burrow, curious etc. Would be a great book with a group of children who could come up with their own creative utterings for the numerous lemmings.
My granddaughter loved the illustrations but definitely was a bit young at two years to appreciate it fully. Look forward to sharing it with her in a couple of years time.

Bookworm Adult 33 book reviews

18th November '18

I read it to Babybookworm aged 4 aged 4

Overall this was quite an amusing story and does a good job of encouraging children to be inclusive of others and also open to new ideas.

In places we found there to be a lot of dialogue in speech bubbles which was awkward to fit into alongside the story.

But both us adults enjoyed the humour of it.

Filza Adult 226 book reviews

29th August '18

I read it to Little One aged 4 aged 4

Introduce young readers to lemmings and in this case their distinguished ways. These lemmings are chatty and rather rule abiding. One day one of the lemmings meets a bear and they become friends but what about the other lemmings? Can the bear use cutlery correctly? Can he remain clean and tidy? Is he fit for their society? Detailed illustrations and it's humorous ways mwith speech bubbles aplenty make this a unique read. A great book to use when talking about overcoming differences.

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About Julie Colombet

Julie Colombet (Author, Illustrator)
Julie Colombet began drawing and painting at an early age. She studied at Chaumont, France, where she discovered children's illustrations - a universe and language that fascinated her. Julie loves to start a project, find characters, evolve them and grow attached to them. This is the first book she has written. Julie li...

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