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An Awesome Book of Love!

By Regan McMahon, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Exuberant art, fresh rhymes unabashedly celebrate love.

Book Dallas Clayton Picture Book 2012
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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.

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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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