“Chopsticks” is a picture book written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magoon. I think that this book is directed to kids around the age of 4 – 5 because the moral of the story is something that kids at a young age should learn.

 

The story is about a pair of chopsticks that haven’t ever been separated. They’ve been best friends for forever. They start to try and help cook things, while they are doing this one of the chopsticks tip break. The chopstick was healing and the other chopstick was by his side for a long time. He couldn’t leave him. The injured chopstick tells him to go off and adventure by himself, the chopstick thinks he can do anything without the other chopstick. The chopstick went away and did things by himself, he learned to stand on his own. The other chopstick healed and they got back together. The learned to be along and not to rely on someone else all the time. They both toasted to “standing on their own and sticking together”.

 

I enjoyed the story a lot, I would rate it 4.5 out of 5 stars. The book teaches that kids shouldn’t rely on other people to help them because they can become stronger without them sometimes. The book is the sequel to the last PB Blog, Spoon. Just like Spoons illustrations they are very cute.