1, 2011 Beaver might be busy, but it’s his carelessness that earns him the ire of his erstwhile woodland pals. The art's quirkiness and the text's droll delivery contribute equally to the lighthearted tone of this cautionary tale. illustrated by Nicholas Oldland RELEASE DATE: Aug.

But then one day the beaver finds himself on the wrong side of a falling tree. Cool, natural colors dominate Oldland's digital pictures, which are highlighted by humorous images of the bug-eyed, big-toothed hero. The Busy Beaver - By Nicholas Oldland (Read Aloud Stories) - YouTube The Busy Beaver By Nicholas Oldland The Busy Beaver By Nicholas Oldland AboutPressCopyrightContact. The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. Following his recovery the beaver puts his energy to positive use and makes amends to the forest and his friends. After an accident renders him immobile and in the recovery ward, he finally sees the destruction and hurt he has caused, and sets about trying to make things right.

But after a tree that the beaver is gnawing on lands on his own head, and he's hospitalized, he finally reflects on the damage he's caused. The beaver, in his zeal to fell trees, makes a mess of the forest and, in the process, alienates himself from the other animals. The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. A careless beaver is oblivious to the consequences of his actions: he 'always made a mess of the forest,' leaving trees half-chewed and felling 'more than he needed.' His recklessness even more directly affects his fellow forest dwellers when a tree he's chomping falls on a bear's head, and he chews a moose's leg, mistaking it for a tree. Written and illustrated in the same breezy style as Big Bear Hug and Making the Moose Out of Life%E2%80%94whose protagonists play supporting roles in this outing%E2%80%94Oldland's small-format book sounds clear notes about being conscientious of one's surroundings.

The Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland