If Animals Said I Love You (If Animals Kissed Good Night)
by Ann Whitford Paul (Author) David Walker (Illustrator)
Don't miss the other books in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Went to School, and If Animals Gave Thanks!
What if animals did what YOU do?
This delightful story, the follow-up to If Animals Kissed Good Night, imagines how animals would say "I love you!" If animals said "I love you" like we do...how would they say it? Ostrich would boom it with wings spread wide. Impala would speak with a leapity-leap. Gorilla would add a loud chest, slap-slap. And across the animal kingdom, every creature would show love in a unique way.
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School Library Journal
PreS--Full of loving and silly animal relationships, this second collaboration between Paul and Walker is comforting but also predictable. Each animal pair shows their love in active ways, like the lion cousins who "tussle and tumble, romp and roll in a joyful love jumble," or an impala grandma who speaks with a "leapity-leap." Walker's illustrations are soft, rounded, pastel renderings of the different kinds of love between parents, siblings, and friends. Paul's rhyme scheme has pleasing onomatopoeia moments and includes an array of unusual animals, such as a "click-clack"ing secretary bird. VERDICT This animal lovefest will appeal to fans of If Animals Kissed Goodnight, but readers looking for uniqueness or inclusiveness should look elsewhere.--Jenna Boles, Greene County Public Library, Beavercreek, OH
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JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
JUV026000 - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance
Stories in rhyme
Families
Love
Habits and behavior
