The Best Day Ever by Tupta and Ward is an adorable tale about appreciating who you are and accepting others as they are. It’s also got a dash of willingness to try something new (and equal willingness to abandon what’s not working).

The planner of the week, Monday begins to feel unappreciated by her fellow days. She decides to ‘chill’ and basically be part of a three day weekend. All the other days decide what they want their time to be all about, the same each week going forward.

Week one goes well, but soon the sameness begins to wear on them. The other days don’t want to admit it out loud, but they miss Monday and her planning, She kept the flow going and monotony down. Finally, when things start to really break down, they realise Monday and her proper planning have a necessary place in keeping things orderly and flowing.

At the end is a page with facts about origins for days of the weeks. Those facts disappointed me though. They equated the name origins with only Roman deities, with no explanation. In truth the names themselves derive from Norse deities. Thursday (Thor’s Day) was an exception in saying it was named for Jupiter or Thor. But Tuesday for Mars? Wednesday for Mercury? Tuesday (Tyr’s Day) comes from Tyr, a Norse deity similar to Mars. Wednesday is for Odin All-father (Woden/Odin’s Day) which is the deity the Anglo-Saxons equated with Mercury. So yes, the Roman deities are technically correct associations. However, the Norse deities would be more appropriate regarding how the days got their names. As a pagan anthropologist with an interest in linguistics, this rubbed me wrong.

Overall, my cubs did enjoy this read. Two of them pointed out the same thing about the day name meanings at the end though. They are very familiar with Norse mythology. 😹 Cute for a bedtime or storytime read for sure.

***Many thanks to Netgalley & Two Lions Publishing for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.