Together

by Charles Fuge

Overview

For bedtime or cuddle time, here's a sweet and reassuring picture book about the love, friendship, and togetherness of a parent and child—from the illustrator of Sometimes I Like to Curl Up In a Ball and I Love It When You Smile,

A parent and baby polar bear have a fun-filled, loving day together in their cheerful Arctic home, as the big bear reassures the little bear that they will be best friends forever. You'll love snuggling up with your little one and this adorable and soothing picture book celebrating togetherness, friendship, and the unbreakable bonds of family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593303894
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	12/22/2020
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	40 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

CHARLES FUGE is the top-selling creator of over thirty picture books, including the beloved Sometimes I Like to Curl Up In a Ball, I Know a Rhino, and I Love It When You Smile. Charles is passionate about the natural world and its preservation, and he concentrates on animals and nature in his illustrations. He lives with his family in Dorset, England.

Editorial Reviews

2020-11-18
A tender affirmation of the permanence of the parent-child bond.

Fuge follows Sam McBratney’s strategy in Guess How Much I Love You (1994) in leaving both the genders and the actual relationship between the large and small companions he conjures unspecified, so any number of situations could be mapped onto this lyrical expression of inseparability. One thing is sure—Fuge remains unexcelled in depicting animal figures of extreme, relentless adorability. Here a pair of anthropomorphic polar bears (with a certain amount of koala DNA visible in their big, shiny black noses and outsized fuzzy ears) frolics on two legs through snowy Arctic settings to undulating lines of rhymed reassurance: “We often imagine faraway lands, / with parrots and palm trees / and warm golden sands. / But then we agree that / we don’t need that stuff…. / Just being together is / more than enough!” (Fuge takes the opportunity of the reference to parrots and palm trees to imagine a tropical scene, adding a bit of warmth to the generally icy blues and whites of the cartoon spreads.) The day, spent alone aside from a few cameos by birds and other small creatures, ends in a cozy ice cave with smooches literal and figurative: “ ‘Together!’ you say, as we cuddle up tight. / ‘Forever,’ I whisper, and kiss you goodnight.” (This book was reviewed digitally with 10.4-by-20.6-inch double-page spreads viewed at 75% of actual size.)

Massively cute, but not cloying, with an ever timely message. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews