You and Me
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
You and Me is a loving tribute to how fate brought two best friends together. An adorable cat muses about the what-ifs in life: What if he had slept late that one special morning? What if he’d missed his train on that fateful day? Then he might never have met his favorite person in the world, and his entire life would be different! Two friends delight in the incredible power of serendipity in this charming tale. Illustrated by the bestselling Peter H. Reynolds, You and Me is the ultimate gift for the closest of friends on Valentine’s Day or any day of the year.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this warm outing from the duo behind The Museum, a lanky yellow cat imagines scenarios that might have interfered with its first encounter with its best friend, a similarly anthropomorphic purple cat. "What if I had slept in,/ covers pulled up to my chin?" the cat wonders. "Or if the clock had been slow and I was late,/ lingering over my breakfast plate." Rendered in ink, gouache, watercolor, and tea, Reynolds's typically loose and elegant cartoons picture each potentially friendship-preventing disaster, before concluding with scenes that celebrate the relationship that did indeed blossom. A decided romantic subtext (the cats themselves are gender-neutral, keeping such possibilities open-ended) and the small trim size may give the book its strongest audience among gift-giving adults, though children will have no trouble appreciating it. Ages 5 up.
