Review: 
Gravett's work always delights me, and has again.
I love the art: Cyril and his friend look rather alike, that's a requirement for the whole plot. But they look believably alike: not just as if they had been drawn to look alike, but as if they really are.
I also love that Pat is never gendered.
And maybe it's just me, but I can't help noting that while I think of Cyril as an upper-class sort of name, Pat evokes Ireland and the stereotypes associated with Ireland in England. It doesn't matter if it's deliberate or pure accident or some combination of the two. The association makes the story visceral for me in a way picture books about squirrels usually don't.
Loved it.
Library copy.
Original post: Kaethe.booklikes.com/post/2016887/cyril-and-pat-emily-gravett
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