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The Sweetest Fig

Chris Van Allsburg, Francisco Segovia (1993)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupChildren 5-8
Content ratingG
Pages30 (Quick Read (<250))
SettingSecondary World
CSM age5
Goodreads4.18/5 (3470)

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Animal Harm

Protagonist archetypes

Morally Gray Protagonist

Synopsis

Monsieur Bibot, el dentista, recibe con enfado dos higos como pago de una mujer pobre que le dice que esas frutas pueden hacer sus suenos realidad. Esa noche, antes de dormir, Bibot se come uno de los higos, que resulta delicioso. A la manana siguiente, saca a pasear a Marcel, su perro, que no vive muy a gusto en la impecable y ordenada casa de Bibot. Misteriosamente, descubre que el higo hizo realidad su sueno, y se propone guardar el segundo, sin saber lo que le depara el destino. Una superba historia, con multiples lecturas y una delicada ironia que versa sobre el verdadero valor de los suenos y los deseos.

Is The Sweetest Fig appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 5 and up.

A gentle morality tale about a greedy dentist who receives magical figs that make dreams come true. Includes mild mistreatment of a pet dog (the dog is not harmed but lives uncomfortably in the protagonist's too-neat home), with an ironic twist ending that teaches a lesson about kindness and greed.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include animal harm.

Who'll love this

Kids will enjoy the magical figs, the ironic twist, and seeing the mean dentist get what he deserves.

Tags

Picture BookMagical RealismFable