Children’s Book Review: Molly, Olive, and Dexter The Guessing Game

MOLLY, OLIVE, AND DEXTER: The Guessing Game
By: Catherine Rayner
Published: July 2, 2024
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Fiction

The newest in the Molly, Olive, and Dexter series of children’s books shows the animal friends trying to guess what each other is thinking about. The cover alone sold me on this book. The animal illustrations are so sweet. The gold leaf added to the illustrated cover also adds a nice touch.

Molly the hare, Olive the owl, and Dexter the fox enjoy their days playing around the big oak tree in the meadow where they live. Olive suggests that they play a guessing game, guessing what each one of them is thinking about. Dexter goes first but gives it away by looking at the sky while thinking about it. Molly also isn’t very good at hiding her thoughts because she has a mouthful of grass while she is thinking about it. When it is Olive’s turn, she stumps the two friends and they nearly give up until Olive gives them a clue.

This sweet friendship story reminds kids that sometimes the joy of playing a game and spending time with your friends is all part of the fun, not the winning. This particular guessing game took a bit of teamwork for Molly and Dexter but that made the guessing game even more fun.

Rayner’s illustrations are adorable and her artwork as well as clothing items with her art on them are available for purchase on her website, HERE. You can also find numerous activity sheets created by the author, HERE.

Catherine Rayner is the creator of Molly, Olive, and Dexter Play Hide-and-Seek, the first book about this trio of animal friends. She is also the author-illustrator of Harris Finds His Feet, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, as well as My Pet Goldfish and other acclaimed picture books. She exhibits her artwork in galleries all over the world and illustrates her own line of greeting cards. Catherine Rayner lives in Scotland. Check out her website, HERE.

To purchase a copy of MOLLY, OLIVE, AND DEXTER: The Guessing Game, click HERE.

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