You Are to Me - Hardcover

Doughty, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399241760 ISBN 13: 9780399241765

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 2003

Synopsis

Excited and thrilled with a special friendship, Little Pig wants to demonstrate his happiness by doing an assortment of displays, from flying a kite to doing a flip, for all the world to see!

About this title

From Booklist:

PreS-Gr. 1. In Doughty's first picture book featuring her own text, a pig extols the virtues of his bunny friend: "You're roller skate, you're sun and moon, you're bicycle, you're May and June." Doughty's series of sunny, unexpected metaphors avoid the cliches that plague the you-are-special genre, and her childlike drawings and hand-lettering manage to be cute without being cloying. As with several of Doughty's previous books with Harriet Ziefert, such as 31 Uses for a Mom [BKL Ja 1&15 03], there's no real story here. But kids may take a cue from the increasingly freewheeling comparisons ("you're marvelest, you're bluebird nest") to invent their own code words for expressing affection. An ego-boosting bagatelle for children, and also fun for grown-ups, who may hear echoes of Cole Porter's "You're the Top." Jennifer Mattson
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From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3-This sweet offering extols the virtues of friendship. The text is written from the point of view of a peach-colored pig and addresses a lavender-gray bunny: "I believe you are to me-/the very best the best can be." The two enjoy spending time together, sharing everything from their love of ice-cream cones ("You're peanut butter chocolate chip,/you're double dip and triple flip") to a variety of activities, such as biking, roller-skating, and sledding. The brief, rhyming text looks hand-lettered. The naive illustrations, done in Flashe paint, have a childlike quality, with each object and animal outlined in black ink. A charming exploration of the joys of sharing.
Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0399241760
• ISBN 13: 9780399241765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Doughty Rebecca