{"id":7038231,"date":"2026-08-15T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/fred-the-very-damanding-deer-by-pepe-smit-the-strawberry-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:25:10","slug":"fred-the-very-damanding-deer-by-pepe-smit-the-strawberry-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038231","title":{"rendered":"Fred the (very damanding) Deer by P\u00e9p\u00e9 Smit \u2013 The Strawberry Post"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A book review of a fun children\u2019s picture book about Fred the deer who wants to do more than just be a deer and keeps telling the author to change his story.<\/em><\/p>\n

About\u00a0Fred the (very demanding) Deer<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Title: <\/strong>Fred the (very demanding) Deer
Author: <\/strong>P\u00e9p\u00e9 Smit
Illustrator: <\/strong>P\u00e9p\u00e9 Smit
Publisher: <\/strong>Scallywag Press
Genre: <\/strong>Children\u2019s picture book
Book format reviewed:<\/strong> Hardback
Sweet Strawberries: \"Sweet\"Sweet\"Sweet\"Sweet\"Sweet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Fred the Deer lives in a big forest.\u00a0 He eats grass and sometimes a leaf of two.\u00a0 He naps under his favourite tree, plays hide-and-seek and rolls in the grass.\u00a0 He is very happy.
Or is he?
In this wildly funny and anarchic picture book, Fred decides to take charge of his own story.\u00a0 Is that such a good idea?\u00a0 Read and and you\u2019ll see\u2026<\/p>\n

*Free copy provided by publisher for review\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

My review and thoughts on\u00a0Fred the (very demanding) Deer<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fred is a deer who likes to eat grass and leaves, and loves spending time in his forest relaxing. But Fred is demanding and wants to be somewhere else, and then he wants to wear shoes, and then he wants something else, just how demanding will Fred get? This hardback is filled with some fun illustrations and text on thick matt pages. The book has a cloth spine.<\/p>\n

\"Fred
\u00a9The Strawberry Post \u2013 fun end pages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I do like this story which is very fun and begins with the text introducing Fred the deer with a picture of a deer, but there are words from Fred, written in a different font, as he complains about the way he looks: too small, too big, too cute, etc., until the illustrator of the book paints him correctly. While most of the illustrations are that of Fred, as the story continues, you\u2019ll see the odd image of what is the illustrator\u2019s hands as the story is not only about Fred in general but also about Fred interacting with the author\/illustrator who\u2019s telling the tale. I do like this twist on the story which soon sees Fred demanding other things such as shoes and wanting to eat something deer don\u2019t usually eat. I don\u2019t want to give away more as it would spoil the story at this point but it\u2019s a very fun and rather silly tale with an ending that is good too.<\/p>\n

\"Fred
\u00a9The Strawberry Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The illustrations are really good. I like the simplicity of most of the pictures of Fred and how you feel as if he\u2019s being sketched into the story by the illustrator. But at the same time the pictures are still good with enough detail to tell the tale well and I like what happens and how Fred looks, especially later on when he acquires something that helps him to eat a new food. The book has some fun end pages with Fred sketched in lots of different poses and I like looking at these.<\/p>\n

\"Fred
\u00a9The Strawberry Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overall this is a great picture book and one which has been translated from Dutch, it\u2019s original title being Fred het (heel erg eigenwijze) hert. It\u2019s the first in a series of books featuring Fred and I can\u2019t wait to read more in future. It\u2019s definitely a bit of a different picture book, but I love how Fred interacts with the author directly. A fun and slightly silly story.<\/p>\n

\"Fred
\u00a9The Strawberry Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

What do you think of this book?\u00a0 If you could change any part of your story (life) what would it be?\u00a0 Let me know what you think in the comments below \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n

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