Tickle

by Leslie Patricelli, Leslie Patricelli (Illustrator)

Overview

A subject dear to children’s hearts is in the spotlight as Leslie Patricelli’s beloved baby character returns.

Watch out! Here comes Tickle Monster! Good thing this baby is NOT ticklish. Well, maybe just the feet . . . hee hee! And the tummy . . . pbbbb! And, oh no — not the armpits . . . har, har! Eee-hee! A spirited tickle fest winds up as a sweet family cuddle in a story sure to tickle kids’ funny bones.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763663223
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	03/11/2014
Series:	Leslie Patricelli Board Books Series
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Leslie Patricelli is the creator of a series of best-selling board books starring her inimitable bald baby. She is also the author-illustrator of Higher! Higher! and Be Quiet, Mike! as well as two stories about the Patterson Puppies. She lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Editorial Reviews

12/23/2013
Patricelli expands her series of board books starring the emotive, diaper-clad baby most recently seen in Fa La La and Huggy Kissy. "I am not ticklish," declares the baby, hands on hips and a single curly hair sprouting from its head. The arrival of a "tickle monster" (the child's father) suggests otherwise—the following pages are full of giggles, tickles, and "gootchie gootchie goos." It's ideal for mischievous tickle-reading but, importantly, Patricelli devotes a spread to the baby's shouted "STOP!" after which the parents substitute soft kisses for tickles. Available simultaneously: Toot. Up to age 3. Agent: Rebeccca Sherman, Writers House. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

[A] playful delight... Here’s hoping this cheeky tyke never grows up so young readers and their delighted grown-ups can enjoy more adventures (and misadventures, too).
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Accompanying tickles are pretty much a guarantee with this readaloud, with bonus points for trying to keep a straight face through the attack.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

★ 2014-03-17
Patricelli's mischievous, gender-indeterminate cherub claims to be tickle-proof, but readers know the giggles are inevitable.Dad (aka "tickle Monster") finds all the places on this diaper-clad tot's body that are ticklish, such as legs, feet and tummy (everywhere, in fact). Mom, a licking dog, and a playful kitty get into the act too in the one of the book's central double-page spreads. When the youngster has had too much, the little one yells "Stop," and the family kindly obliges and commences kissing, slurping and purring instead. In a final dare to readers and their grown-ups, the child boldly proclaims "I am not ticklish! / Are you?" In the companion title, Toot, the same half-naked toddler celebrates flatulence, declaring in the end that "All toots are funny!" No child is going to argue with that point. Patricelli's trademark style of thick black lines on brushstroke-heavy backgrounds in jewel-tone colors are perfectly suited to her playful and irreverent subject matter. The young protagonist narrates both offerings in simple, direct sentences, and Patricelli fills the rest of the books with captions and sound effects galore (including "fart," natch). Both titles are playful delights.Here's hoping this cheeky tyke never grows up so young readers and their delighted grown-ups can enjoy more adventures (and misadventures, too). (Board book. 6 mos.-3)

Kirkus Reviews