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Book Review Tuesday: How Roland Rolls by Jim Carrey

Age Range: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Hardcover: 68 pages Publisher: Some Kind of Garden Media; First Edition edition (September 24, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0989368009 ISBN-13: 978-0989368001 HOW ROLAND ROLLS , winner of a 2013 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award, is a story about a wave named Roland who's afraid that, one day, when he hits the beach, his life will be over. But when he gets deep, he's struck by the notion that he's not just a wave - he's the whole big, wide ocean! The story shows humanity's interconnectedness through the metaphor of a wave in the ocean. In HOW ROLAND ROLLS, Carrey brings his wit and wisdom to the story of a wave named Roland who’s afraid that, one day, when he hits the beach, his life will be over. But when he gets deep, he’s struck by the notion that he’s not just a wave — he’s the whole big, wide ocean! The book is lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist/animator Rob Na