I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

When I spotted this one on Netgalley I just had to request/read it! It sounded and looked so cute, and I can tell you, it was cute. Also sad of course, but mostly just cute!

Meet Rafa! A little boy who is allowed to walk with his mom in the supermarket rather than sitting in the cart. He is a big boy now! And at first we see that Rafa is having no problem with keeping up with mom, but what happens when he smells cookies? Or when something interesting happens? You can guess the answer. Rafa and his mom are separated. Rafa at first doesn’t know because he thinks he has the right legs… but oh no! These are all wrong! And so begins a quest to find the right legs! I just LOVED that because it is so true. For a tiny kid big adult legs are fundamental. They are still so small, and they are often lost in a sea of legs. While I have no active memory of it, I do have some further away memories of getting lost, or having to push through a sea of legs when I was small to get where I wanted to go.

I loved seeing Rafa check and feel legs to find his mom’s legs! From them being too fluffy to them being too bright to being to big, he really checks them for each detail. I was rooting for this little boy and more than once I just wanted to step in the book to help him with his quest (because we as the reader can see that mom is also searching for Rafa which was a detail that I liked).

The ending was just so sweet and it definitely made me go aww! I am very proud of Rafa and what decision he made!

Oh, and I just love that there is also another lost kid. Plus, that everyone in the store is clearly seeing Rafa and are also worried for him. So often these days people are stuck in their own bubbles (which is not bad) that they don’t always notice what is around them. So this made me happy.

The art (and be sure to also check out the end papers) was just so much fun! I love the amount of details. From food to legs to bits and bobs around the store.

All in all, a fun, relatable, delightful, and cute book about a little boy on the look-out for the right pair of legs!