There are certain illustrators any book enthusiast can pick out a mile away. Tony Ross is definitely one such illustrator.
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Poor Boa. They say it's the thought that counts, but what do you do when the gifts you get for your birthday don't show a whole lot of thought behind them.
"But what he really wanted to say was, 'Why buy me mittens? Are you crazy? I have no hands!'"
Who would have thought that the best gift would be a ball of dung?*
A very cute story, with wonderful facial expressions in Ross's illustrations, and a stated but not heavy-handed message. I predict being asked to read this one over and over.
*For the record, I once asked for, and was very happy to receive, 300 pounds of manure as a gift. But, I'm a grown-up, and we're weird.
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