Rhyming nonsense humor showcases an obsessively tidy badger who goes to extremes with tidying up the forest. Ultimately, he digs up all the trees and paves over the forest floor, but then, finding nothing to eat, he has to break up all the cement and restore the forest back to its natural, messy state. There’s a conservation message of sorts here but the story is so zany, it doesn’t hit readers over the head. The quick-paced text and clear illustrations make this a great choice for a preschool read-aloud. And don’t miss the copyright page at the end where the tidy badger is vacuuming up the cataloging-in-publication data. (Ages 3-6)

Pete the badger learns that being tidy isn’t always the best thing in this save-the-environment picture book from award-winning author and illustrator Emily Gravett.

Pete the badger likes everything to be neat and tidy at all times, but what starts as the collecting of one fallen leaf escalates quickly and ends with the complete destruction of the forest. Will Pete realize the error of his ways and reverse his tidying habit?