There are probably not enough synonyms for "cute" to cover this survey of hypothetical smooches between animal parents and offspring-not that there's anything wrong with that. Paul (Mañana, Iguana) notes that the book was inspired by a game she played with her youngest son, and her text exudes the affectionate silliness of a beloved bedtime ritual, complete with nonsense sounds (a parrot and chick's beak-to-beak buss is "klick-a-klack, klick-a-klack, klick-a-klack, kleek"). Walker (previously paired with Paul for Little Monkey Says Good Night) gets great emotional mileage from his rounded, stuffed toy-like shapes, velvety colors, and tiny dot eyes; the characters radiate unconditional love. There's a lot to go "Ahhhh" over (the lumpy posteriors of Papa Rhino and his calf are particularly endearing), but the most winning of the vignettes also serves as the book's running joke: the slo-mo kiss between a mama sloth and her cub. As they hang upside-down from a tree, in absolutely no hurry to part, their embrace is like the Energizer Bunny-it keeps going and going and going. Ages 3-6. (Apr.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.This program is read by Bradley Whitford, brother of the author and best known for his roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out.
With its playful rhymed verse, this bedtime favorite from author Ann Whitford Paul, If Animals Kissed Good Night, is sure to delight time and again.
What if animals did what YOU do? This bestselling story imagines how animals might fall asleep at night!
If animals kissed like we kiss good night . . .what would they do? Giraffe and his calf would stretch their necks high, and kiss just beneath the top of the sky. Wolf and his pup would kiss and then HOWL. And Sloth and her baby move soooo slooowwwww . . .they're sure to be kissing until long after everyone is fast asleep!
Don't miss the other audiobooks in this adorable series: If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Went to School, If Animals Tried to Be Kind, If Animals Gave Thanks, and If Animals Trick-or-Treated!
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
This program is read by Bradley Whitford, brother of the author and best known for his roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out.
With its playful rhymed verse, this bedtime favorite from author Ann Whitford Paul, If Animals Kissed Good Night, is sure to delight time and again.
What if animals did what YOU do? This bestselling story imagines how animals might fall asleep at night!
If animals kissed like we kiss good night . . .what would they do? Giraffe and his calf would stretch their necks high, and kiss just beneath the top of the sky. Wolf and his pup would kiss and then HOWL. And Sloth and her baby move soooo slooowwwww . . .they're sure to be kissing until long after everyone is fast asleep!
Don't miss the other audiobooks in this adorable series: If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Went to School, If Animals Tried to Be Kind, If Animals Gave Thanks, and If Animals Trick-or-Treated!
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940175745031 |
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Publisher: | Macmillan Audio |
Publication date: | 09/27/2022 |
Series: | If Animals Kissed Good Night |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Sales rank: | 912,937 |
Age Range: | Up to 4 Years |
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