Beard in a Box
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
This hilarious father-son romp is perfect for fans of Don’t Push the Button! and Mustache Baby!
A young boy longs for a beard like Dad’s, and when he discovers a hair-growth product called Beard in a Box, he must have it! He rips open the package, plants the beard seeds, and waits . . .
And waits . . .
And waits.
Hilarious art and a feel-good ending make this the perfect Father’s Day gift for bearded and clean-shaven readers alike!
"From the boy's imaginings of what his beard will look like (and each beard's accompanying attribute) to the hysterical vignettes showing him waiting for the mail, exercising his face, and expressing his frustration, the facial expressions are spot-on. Yes, dads are awesome, and if you hang out with them, they'll teach you to be awesome too." —Kirkus, starred review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Beards have long fascinated kids, and adults are clearly fans of them, too, given the scrupulously groomed facial hair trends of recent years. Wearing a lab coat and safety goggles, a gap-toothed boy hypothesizes that the source of his father's many skills is, in fact, his beard. Seeking the same powers, he shaves patches of the cat's fur and glues them to his face, and he also experiments with chocolate syrup and markers. An infomercial presents a better solution: Beard in a Box. After applying "beard seeds" to his face and watering them (in a scene with definite echoes of the Chia Pet era), the boy reads the fine print: "Repeat steps 1 4 for 10 15 years." When his father shaves his beard, the boy learns that being "awesome" might not have anything to do with a beard. Cotter pokes fun at the appeal of too-good-to-be-true products ("Who would have thought SCAM-O would be a dishonest company?" the boy rages), but an earnest message about quality one-on-one time can be found under the shaggy depths of Cotter's beard-based humor. Ages 4 8.
