A Pinecone!
by Helen Yoon (Author) Helen Yoon (Illustrator)
While Daddy is busy wrangling a mud-happy dog, someone else is collecting lots and lots of pinecones. Helen Yoon brings back the parent-child duo from Off-Limits in a droll celebration of high enthusiasm.
Daddy is a bit distracted on their autumn walk, while his curious child only has eyes for one of nature's small wonders: a pinecone! And look, another pinecone! And another! In fact, she could gather an entire collection--an entire extended family--of pinecones if she wanted to (and she wants to!). But what then? In a story spun with visual comedy, the characters from Off-Limits return for a small adventure in outsize enthusiasm leading to a sparkly, holiday-cheer-worthy finish. Helen Yoon brings all her quirky warmth to bear on this tribute to little ones whose fixations tend to send them over the top--and the parents who lovingly help them to funnel all that passionate energy. And perhaps some of their own!
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Publishers Weekly
Once a dark-haired child discovers pinecones on a snowy walk, there's no limit to their lengths of obsession in this humorous tale by Yoon (Off-Limits). Picking up one pinecone after another, the child names each find and collects them for the trip home. The child's pale, blond-bearded adult, meanwhile, is in slapstick distress: the family dog pulls the grown-up into a mud puddle, then flings dirt all over indoors. Still solely pinecone-focused, the child slips out through a dog door and continues adding to the collection ("Hello, Uncle Pinecone! Greetings, Great-Aunt Pinecone!"). And when woody objects overflow myriad household vessels, and insects and worms begin wriggling up walls, it becomes clear that the interest has reached new heights. Minimal text is mostly devoted to the child's fully committed narrative ("With the singing of the Pinecone Family anthem... we will now commence the Pinecone Family reunion!") and appears alongside a wealth of familial sight gags delivered with affectionate aplomb. Fully and funnily realizing the comedic potential of a child's single-mindedness, the work also provides a model for rolling with the p... inecones. The final scenes are a visual feast of related decor--and a tribute to the family's crafting chops. Ages 3-7. (Sept.)
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Kirkus
Brimming with humor, mischief, and whimsy.
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV017010 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
