First and foremost beautifully illustrated and fun to read. But also inspiring story about a child stepping out of its comfort zone to help others in need. I read (and still keep reading) it to my just 3 year old, who was initially primarily interested looking at the pictures discovering the story through the beautiful illustrations but with age gets more and more into reading the full story.I read it to my five year old who loves to listen to the story over and over and still cannot get enough looking at the illustrations and my 8-year old loves to take it and read it to the other two. It might be just a beautiful memory once my youngest grows up, but until then it will have been read a million times enjoying the entire family.