I Love Ewe: An Ode to Animal Moms

by Aaron Zenz, Aaron Zenz (Illustrator)

Overview

From geese to kangaroos to humans, every mom and dad is known by his or her own special name. Bouncing texts full of fun wordplay and adorable illustrations feature animal parents of every shape and size, and encourage little readers to express big love. Go ahead and hug a bull! Don't be afraid to say I love ewe!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802735690
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	08/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	32 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

AARON ZENZ is the author and illustrator of Chuckling Ducklings and the artist for ten other books, including Nugget on the Flight Deck and The Spaghetti Slurping Sewer Serpent. He has worked as an illustrator, a graphic, multimedia, and toy designer, a college instructor, a fine artist, and an author.
www.aaronzenz.com
Aaron Zenz is the author and illustrator of Chuckling Ducklings, I Love Ewe, and Hug a Bull, and the artist for ten other books, including Nugget on the Flight Deck and The Spaghetti Slurping Sewer Serpent. He has worked as an illustrator, a graphic, multimedia, and toy designer, a college instructor, a fine artist, and an author. Visit him online at www.aaronzenz.com.

Editorial Reviews

Zenz explores the names for mothers in the animal kingdom, using cuddly parent-child cartoons. It’s not always cut and dry: “My mom’s a hen,” says a perky chick. “But look again... Hens live underwater too!” reads the next spread, as friendly pairs of octopus, crabs, and lobsters smile at readers in a cozy ocean scene. Children should find the distinctive names intriguing (a mother opossum is a “jill”), though the puns (“There’s no pen pal like her! Doe... you love me? Oh, I love ewe”) may need explanation. Animal fathers get similar treatment in Hug a Bull: An Ode to Animal Dads, due in April. Ages 5–7. Agent: Shannon Associates. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

A breezy book aimed at young readers touches upon the unique terms for 27 animal mamas. A smallish trim size and cutesy, close-up illustrations executed with Prismacolor pencils contribute to a feel that this book is aimed at the toddler and early-preschool set. Clipped, rhyming language poses questions that may surprise with their answers. The spread that queries, "did you know not all COWS moo?" shows seal, elephant, hippopotamus and rhinoceros mother-and-child pairs, since each of these animal mamas is referred to as a "cow." A traditional-looking chicken and chick introduce the term "hen," which a page turn reveals also happens to be used for a female octopus, crab and lobster. Some pages may confuse, since not every pair of creatures featured gets a mention in the text--"Mommy is the QUEEN of clean" focuses on a sunny yellow cat and her kitten, but in the near background is a nanny goat and her kid. While potentially useful for introducing new terminology on an ever-popular topic, the pictures have a mass-produced quality that fails to charm, and the final spread of the book is a lackluster stringing of puns: "There's no other PEN [a female swan] pal like her! DOE…you love me? / Oh, I love EWE." The best part of this slim title is the final page, which pictures all the animal mothers with their appropriate names. Consider only as an additional purchase. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews