Felice Arena (text) and Beatrice Cerocchi (illustrator), Cheese! Affirm Press, September 2024, 24 pp., RRP $22.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922992833
Fun exploration of Cheese! in all its forms. Just investigate the end papers to identify different cheeses. Most of them will be new, although everyone will recognise brie, or will they? The mouse is a cute inclusion as it checks out all the cheeses throughout the picture book. The mouse even stars on the back cover.
There are so many types of cheese! Smooth, smelly, goat’s cheese, fondue and of course cheese, cheese, cheese in all its forms. There are cheeses originating from countries like Italy, Greece, France, Switzerland, Britian and more.
This book is a homage of the huge variety of cheeses, introducing cultures and cheese. My favourite is feta with the mouse celebrating in a colourful immersion of salad.
Suitable ages are 3-7
Reviewed by Susanne Gervay
