Crocodiles Need Kisses Too
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Everyone needs hugs and love in this offbeat, upbeat ode to the not-so-cuddly--and yet still sweet and beloved!
Despite their lumpy, bumpy hide,
toothy mouths stretched open wide,
just like me and just like you,
crocodiles need kisses too.
Fun-to-read-aloud, rhyming text describes prickly porcupines, roaring tigers, and slithery snakes--not the most cuddly creatures, but still worthy of hugs and snuggles from their mamas! With a luscious and colorful palette, Crocodiles Need Kisses Too shows that animals (and children) don't have to be warm and fuzzy to be totally lovable.
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Toe-tapping verse by Colby (Captain Bling's Christmas Plunder) suggests that creatures who seem homely, scary, or fierce want love as much as anyone: "Despite their lumpy, bumpy hide,/ toothy mouths stretched open wide,// just like me and just like you,/ crocodiles need kisses, too." Dullaghan (Max Attacks) paints two spreads for each creature, the first with the animal's threatening features more prominently on display, the second a sweeter and fuzzier view. A parade of fierce animals appears: vultures, sharks ("Forget their ragged, jagged grins,/ turning, churning, circling fins"), tarantulas ("Just like me and just like you,/ tarantulas need tickles too"). Then readers discover that the narrator is a parent speaking to a child a child in a crocodile costume who's having a meltdown: "Regardless of your smashing tail,/ howling cry and yowling wail," the parent says, "children need affection too." The lesson that everyone deserves devotion is one worth remembering. Ages 2 5.
