Tidy

This book started very well, with a badger cleaning the forest and teaching the reader about ecology and how to maintain your environment clean. Then it went wild and lost any logic. How come an animal would destroy his own home, close access to his shelter and unroot thousands of trees because they look weird without leaves? What about the scary consequences to his environment and his friends?

At the end, things get better and he is able to fix his mistakes thanks to his friends. The book seems to teach that we can fix our mistakes, but this one was such an unlikely one from an animal that it was hard to follow through.

The title of the book made me expect a constructive lesson about cleaning after yourself and not tossing trash in the forest. What if instead of destroying the forest, the badger would have realized that leaves can be fun to play with his friends? What if he would have explained how to recycle? What if he would have inspired others to clean like him? There could have been so many other ways to teach about being tidy.

I am disappointed because this kind of book is important and I feel like the book lost its message on the way.