Naptime with Theo and Beau
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
It all started when a loving mother posted a few pictures of her son, Beau, and their new puppy, Theo, napping together on her popular blog Momma's Gone City. But these pictures were so "unbearably adorable" (The Daily Mail) and "utterly charming" (The Huffington Post) that it quickly became much, much more.
By faithfully recording and sharing what Good Morning America calls "the most mesmerizing naps ever caught on camera," Jessica Shyba and her family captured the hearts of people all over the world, and these beautiful images of friendship and trust have become an international viral sensation.
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Real life never offers opportunities to sing with birds perched on one's shoulder la Snow White or have a talking bear for a mentor like Mowgli. But Shyba's photos of co-napping between her toddler son, Beau, and the family's mixed-breed rescue puppy, Theo, do a fine job of tapping into our primal fantasies of deep communion with animals. Shyba photographs the sleeping pair from a variety of loving, close-up angles, showing them back to back, in frontal embraces, and in several variations that involve Theo cuddled into some endearing crook formed by Beau's body (one photo has the puppy snuggled into the space between Beau's shoulder and neck). The book is based on Shyba's popular blog and Instagram feed and has zero literary pretensions: the text consists of brief, literal captions like "Cheek to cheek and bottom to bottom." Lover of cute dogs and cuter kids will find plenty to smile and sigh over in these ultra-sweet images. Ages 2 5.
