Come Home, Angus
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
In the spirit of Where the Wild Things Are, readers will journey with Angus and understand that whether you are grumpy, angry, or mad, there is no place better than home with your loved ones.Angus woke up mad and knew today was not his day. His dachshund, Clive, walked too slowly. His canary, Pennycake, was too loud. And to top it off, his breakfast pancakes were way too skinny.Angus was in a bad mood, and he decided to run away. He walked two blocks, three blocks, five blocks, then suddenly everything seemed scary and dark. When his mother found Angus, he realized he was better off with her and at home. The touching story by Patrick Downes and the bold illustrations by Boris Kulikov will comfort young children. It will show them that even when they are angry or frustrated or dealing with other emotions, everything is going to be all right.
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Running away seems like a good idea to preschool-age Angus, until he strays too far in YA author Downes's (Fell of Dark) first picture book. Angus starts the day by lashing out. "In this house, being angry doesn't let you be rude," his mother cautions, so Angus stuffs a few belongings in a backpack and opens the front door. When his mother says, "I'll miss you," Angus answers, "No you won't," and storms off, ending up alone on a bench in an overwhelming, Times Square like space. Kulikov (W Is for Webster) conveys the immensity of Angus's mood by showing the boy towering over multistory buildings, but he diminishes in size as he abandons his security. Observant readers will spot Angus's mother trailing him at a distance Downes and Kulikov essentially suggest that a child can walk out, and that an attentive parent will notice, following behind with a sack lunch. Long ago, The Runaway Bunny acknowledged this fantasy in more abstract terms, but adults will want to talk through the dangers that Angus negotiates. Ages 3 5.
