I Love You Like No Otter

by Rose Rossner, Sydney Hanson (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

There are never too many ways to express your love for your child, and now you can do so alongside some adorable otters, who also share that love.

Using puns and word play, adult animals say "I love you" to their young ones.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728257037
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	12/20/2021
Series:	Punderland
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.33(d)
Lexile:	AD320L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

ROSE ROSSNER is a writer and children's book author who lives with her son and her husky named Dino.

SYDNEY HANSON was raised in Minnesota alongside numerous pets and brothers. When she wasn't tunneling through snowdrifts or rescuing frogs from rain gutters, she was drawing. Her illustrations and paintings still reflect these early adventures and are marked by a love for animals and the natural world. In addition to her traditional illustrations Sydney is an experienced 2D and 3D production artist. In 2011 she moved to Los Angeles where she's worked for several animation shops including Nickelodeon and Disney Interactive. In her spare time she enjoys traveling and spending time outside with her adopted brother, a Labrador retriever named Cash.

Editorial Reviews

2020-06-30
Animal parents declare their love for their offspring through rhymed puns and sentimental art.

The title sets the scene for what’s to come: The owl asks the owlet as they fly together, “WHOO loves you?”; the kangaroo and joey make each other “very HOPPY”; and the lioness and cub are a “PURRRFECT pair.” Most of the puns are both unimaginative and groanworthy, and they are likely to go over the heads of toddlers, who are not know for their wordplay abilities. The text is set in abcb quatrains split over two double-page spreads. On each spread, one couplet appears on the verso within a lightly decorated border on pastel pages. On the recto, a full-bleed portrait of the animal and baby appears in softly colored and cozy images. Hearts are prominent on every page, floating between the parent and baby as if it is necessary to show the love between each pair. Although these critters are depicted in mistily conceived natural habitats and are unclothed, they are human stand-ins through and through.

The greeting-card art and jokey rhymes work for the baby-shower market but not for the youngest readers. (Board book. 6 mos-2)

Kirkus Reviews