
An Awesome Book of Love!
By Regan McMahon,
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Exuberant art, fresh rhymes unabashedly celebrate love.
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What's the Story?
Author Dallas Clayton was a self-publishing phenom with his first effort, The Awesome Book, earning him fans worldwide and a publishing deal with Harper for this one. AN AWESOME BOOK OF LOVE! focuses with great enthusiasm on that most universal of emotions: love.
Is It Any Good?
Clever, imaginative verse (in capital block letters) mixes with playful, colorful, kid-style illustrations in a celebratory attempt to capture the amazing nature and diverse qualities of love. You can't help but be swept up in the fun, passion, and grandness of it all, with a cast of animals, fish, and n fuzzy monsters jumping and dancing on every spread, enlivened hearts and rainbows. The art isn't sophisticated, but the freewheeling look is as inviting as a kid's drawing.
Book Details
- Author: Dallas Clayton
- Illustrator: Dallas Clayton
- Genre: Picture Book
- Topics: Friendship
- Book type: Fiction
- Publisher: Harper
- Publication date: December 26, 2012
- Publisher's recommended age(s): 4 - 8
- Number of pages: 56
- Available on: Nook, Hardback, iBooks, Kindle
- Last updated: March 4, 2020
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