Warts and All

by Lori Haskins Houran

Overview

Love isn’t just for the cute, the sweet, and the cuddly. Whether you’re awkward as a baby ostrich, prickly as a tiny hedgehog, or drool like a puppy pug, someone loves you no matter what! This new story from the team that created Next To You features an irresistible array of adorably stinky, grouchy, burpy, and warty animals to drive the point home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489682826
Publisher:	Weigl Publishers Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Sydney Hanson started drawing at an early age. She is an experienced 2-D and 3-D production artist and has worked for Nickelodeon and Disney Interactive. Lori Haskins Houran is a former children's book editor and the author of more than twenty books for kids, both fiction and nonfiction, ranging from picture books to easy readers to chapter books. She lives in Palm Beach, Florida with her two young sons.

Editorial Reviews

2017-05-15
A second slam of cuteness from the creators of Next to You: A Book of Adorableness (2016)."So here's the thing. I love you." Houran matches the wry tone that saved the previous outing from dissolving into total goo, and Hanson again supplies a "squee"-inducing gallery of fuzzy, soft-focus baby animals with big, wide eyes. Unfortunately, this labored effort at a follow-up is really just more of the same—with the addition of a baby skunk surrounded by a light green cloud ("Oh. Hoo, boy") to challenge (unsuccessfully, even for a moment) the "unconditional" part of the premise. The title, which echoes the climactic line's "I love you warts and all," will require explication despite the smiling toad on the facing page and may even be worrisome to more self-conscious young listeners. The illustrations may confuse young listeners as well. While the prickly porcupine cub nestled snugly amid a snoozing heap of little darlings may be taken for visual license, a fish-food snack offered to a goldfish in one scene doesn't look much like a token of motherly love, nor does an earlier trio of baby kangaroos seem all that "wound up." Parents who have OD'd on the previous outing may welcome this as an alternative, but goodness knows, similar treacly reassurances that are also free of potentially confusing bits abound. (Picture book. 2-5)

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