
Applesauce (Hardback)
Klaas Verplancke (author)
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40 Pages /
Published: 09/08/2012
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Johnny's daddy has smooth cheeks, an apple in his throat and sounds like a mom when he sings in the bath. At other times a cactus grows out of his chin and his breath smells like cauliflower. At times he has warm hands and his fingers taste like applesauce. Other times his hands are cold and flash like lightning, and he becomes a thunder-daddy. When this happens Johnny wants to find a new daddy, but he eventually realizes that thunder-daddies don't last forever. And that there's nothing like the comfort that comes from those we love.
Klaas Verplancke's story, with its humorous, energetic and imaginative illustrations, will strike a chord with many young children and parents as they discover that love sometimes means setting limits, and that people do get angry, but that where there is love, it doesn't last.
Klaas Verplancke's story, with its humorous, energetic and imaginative illustrations, will strike a chord with many young children and parents as they discover that love sometimes means setting limits, and that people do get angry, but that where there is love, it doesn't last.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
ISBN: 9781554981861
Number of pages: 40
Weight: 454 g
Dimensions: 302 x 191 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"My daddy has smooth cheeks and an apple in his throat. He sounds like a mom when he sings in the bath."
- from the book
A Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2012
Long-listed for the Astrid Lindgren Prize, 2013
"Reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are in its visual transformations and emotional intensity, but with a more present and openly loving parent." Kirkus, starred review
" Verplancke gives us a wonderful image of father and son." Ottawa Citizen
- from the book
A Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2012
Long-listed for the Astrid Lindgren Prize, 2013
"Reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are in its visual transformations and emotional intensity, but with a more present and openly loving parent." Kirkus, starred review
" Verplancke gives us a wonderful image of father and son." Ottawa Citizen
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