Boar’s Brother Hardy (Book 4)
Title: Boar’s Brother Hardy
We don’t always agree, but my parents are good listeners.
Author: Cindy and Gus Gee
Publisher: Boar and Family Books
ISBN: 979-8988838067
Hardcover ISBN: 979-8988838074
Genre: Children, Family
Availability: Paperback or Hardcover
Language: English
Paperback: 46 pages
Item Weight: 4.5 ounces
Dimensions:
8.5 x 0.13 x 8.5 inches
Explore Authors Mini Review:
A stuffed animal comes to life in this charming, imaginative children’s book series ★★★★★ – Explore Authors Magazine
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About the Book:
After Boar’s parents return from the state fair, they are surprised to find that they brought home a new member for the family. The family decides to adopt, and Boar and Junior now have a brother. Enjoy this charming story with the same simple drawings as the previous books in the series of five.
Review from Elijah B of Explore Authors Magazine: Full review can be read on the Review Page.
Boar’s Brother Hardy
In Boar’s Brother Hardy, we are introduced to the newest and oldest member of this new family. Book Four takes place a little while after Junior joined that family and somewhere during that time, Boar’s parents decide to adopt another child. While Boar and Junior stayed with their Aunt Trish, Boar’s parents visited a state fair, where the father won a carnival game.
As a prize, the mother chose a stuffed teddy bear wearing a dirty shirt. Feeling sorry for the teddy bear, the mother took it as a prize and named the bear “Hardy Bear.” Once they took the bear home and changed its clothing, the bear finally spoke to the parents, revealing its sentience, just as Boar and Junior had done before.
Book four does something a little bit different compared to the previous books where Boar and Junior were adopted. Unlike his sisters, Hardy immediately is shown having a hard time adjusting to his new his new family, from calling his parents “Ma and Pa” versus “Mom and Dad,” to hibernating in the Winter.
We also see Boar having a hard time accepting her new older brother as she feels Junior is enough. However, we do see that thanks to her time acclimating to Junior, Boar had an easier time adjusting to having another family member in Hardy and we do see that Hardy, in time, can acclimate to his new environment.
Another thing to note was Boar’s continued growth. After being with her family for some time, she can be upset with her parents and vice versa but she also has the capability to resolve the issues they would have and continue forward. We also see that Boar has continued to emulate her father by changing her hair to a mohawk and wearing glasses, similar to his, along with her mother setting up a little computer spot for her beside her father.
We also get a little more insight into the school that Boar mentioned that she and Junior go to. We learn that once Hardy joined them, he became the teacher’s helper due to being older than many of the children there but still goes to his lessons. It is at the end of the fourth book where it’s teased that in Book Five, Boar’s School, we will finally get to see where the school is located and how the three children found the school.
The Boar Family Series is a very heartwarming, imaginative, and tender series that is a great addition to your children’s bookshelf and it earns a recommendation from me. ★★★★ – Elijah B. (Explore Authors Magazine)