All in the Same Boat: A Cautionary Modern Fable About Greed Featuring a Rat, a Mouse, and a Gerbil Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Wilkie J. Martin (Author), Tim Campbell (Narrator), The Witcherley Book Company (Publisher)

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It so happened that a big ship went down in a terrible storm.

By chance and good fortune, Rat, Mouse, and Gerbil scrambled safely into an empty lifeboat.

A cautionary fable about greed featuring a rat, a mouse, and a gerbil.

A tale about overuse of resources by the powerful at the expense of the small and vulnerable.

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11 minutes
Author

Wilkie J. Martin
Narrator

Tim Campbell
Audible release date

July 9, 2019
Language

English
Publisher

The Witcherley Book Company
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B07TTVMZST
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	11 minutes
Author	Wilkie J. Martin
Narrator	Tim Campbell
Audible.com Release Date	July 09, 2019
Publisher	The Witcherley Book Company
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07TTVMZST
Best Sellers Rank	#469,814 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #238 in Audiobooks on Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs & Squirrels for Children #5,087 in Animal Fiction for Children #5,767 in Children's Mouse & Rodent Books

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3.8 out of 5

25 global ratings

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About Greed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2021

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This is a story about greed using a Rat, mouse and gerbil. Both illustrations and story are done well. Interesting.

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She Just Loves Books

A dark tale for children

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2020

I pre-read this before reading it to my 6 and 8 year old. After reading it, I felt that it was too dark for my six year old, but I did read it to my 8 year old who didn't care much for it.. The story is a cautionary tale about greed, but I felt that there was such a continued loss of life that it made the moral difficult to comprehend. The illustrations felt very haphazard and unfinished. Overall, I would not suggest buying this book for a young child until you have pre-read to decide if your youngster would be okay reading this one.

I received an advanced readers copy of this book for free. I am leaving my honest review voluntarily.

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Carla the Reader

A Dark Fable, with Cute Contrasting Illustrations

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2020

3.5 Stars - This is another updated fable by Wilkie J. Martin. Rat is greedy and when Rat, Mouse and Gerbil are the only survivors of a sinking ship, he eats and drinks more than his share of the food and water found in the lifeboat. It is a cautionary tale for children, but I disagree with the age to read it to. I would recommend it for ages 8 and up. It is a well written story with cute watercolour illustrations that act as a contrast to the actual sad and dark story. The message is about greed and selfishness, but there are also components about death of a friend and fear of a bully. This would be a good book to read with a class learning about fables and how they have messages for the reader. I did not read this one to my grandchildren, as I believe they were too young for the dark content. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book upon request. The rating, ideas and opinions shared are my own.

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Do not read to young or sensetive kids

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2021

Two of the characters die and my 4 year old was upset and asked me to stop reading. It was a good story but I wouldn't have read it to her if I had known. I should have read the description a little better.

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E. Thiessen

dark, twisted, but quite hilarious

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2020

Okay, honestly? I finished the story and I really liked it. But I would totally not recommend this to most 6-9-year-olds although I can think of a number of upper elementary or middle school kids that would love it. It's a cautionary tale and it is definitely dark, much like Grimm's fairy tales. There is gruesome death, although this is not illustrated. I loved the simple and bright illustrations because they contrasted all the more with the dark story. I had to admit I was cackling by the end! Okay, I might be a little twisted, lol. But I really do think this book would be better for older kids and adults. I listened to the little audio sample and liked the reader for it, but the clip did not indicate just how dark it was going to be. I would be curious if the reader is able to give the reading the nuance it needs to have me cackling by the end!

Thanks to #WilkieJMartin, #NetGalley, and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Christina Bieloh

Captivating and Beautifully illustrated fable - definitely of the darker variety!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2020

All in the Same Boat had my 11 year old son and I absolutely hooked from the first page. Reading this story made us feel so frustrated and even anxious because of the despicable nature of Rat. However, it is so well done. The bright watercolor illustrations contrast so well with the darkness of the story, and we read as fast as we could to find out what happens to the three characters (two of which we quickly grew to care for very much).

Here's my problem. It's described as a tale for 6-8 year olds. If I had to rate it as a story for 6-8 year olds, I'd have to give it 1 star, because I could not read this to second graders. I think it is way too dark. Now if I was going to read it as a cautionary tale for perhaps 5th grade and up then I would give it 5 stars because it is an amazing read. Reading it was almost painful to me. Rat is so awful, and the story is so unfair in ways, but that just means that the author did an amazing job of conveying the message of the story. Because I do think it's an amazing story, I want to rate it as if it is meant for older children and even adults. I highly recommend it for ages 11+.

I received this book from NetGalley in return for an honest view. Thanks to NeGalley and Witcherly Books.

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Patrick Dunphy

Not what we thought

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 5, 2020

Though an important lesson about greed, my 4 year old did not enjoy that they are all ate each other.

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Nissa_the.bookworm

Not recommended for young children

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 27, 2021

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This was an interesting story about what it means to be greedy and how sharing is caring. While I wouldn’t recommend this for young children, kids 10 and up could definitely learn a lot from this book.

Rat, Mouse, and Gerbil find themselves stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean but with plenty of food and water to share until they reach land if they only take their fair share each day. Rat, the character of greed, decides that, because he is bigger and stronger, he deserves more food, more water, and more space. Mouse and Gerbil give into his demands, but time will only tell if Rat’s greed comes to bite him in the butt.

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Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 5, 2020

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As a gerbil lover, I enjoyed this book. Greedy rat got what he deserved. Beautifully written and illustrated. Niece gave it a thumbs up.

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