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Plenty of Hugs
“Every worm has a wiggle, and every cow has a moo. / There’s a leap for each frog, and a peek for each BOO!” A small boy in a multiracial family enjoys spending a day with his two moms, playing outside, taking a bike ride to the zoo, and then coming home to a supper and a bath, a story and then a kiss good night. A gently rhyming text reveals the closeness of the three family members and the love they share. The pencil drawings, colored digitally, show each character as distinctive individuals. One mom as Asian and the other as white, and their young son is brown-skinned. ©2021 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Kate Alizadeh
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-5
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Families
Lesbians
LGBTQ+ Persons
Multiracial Characters/Families
Stories in Rhyme
Diversity subjects:
Brown Skin Unspecified
LGBTQ Character/Topic
LGBTQ Family
Publishers:
Dial, Penguin Random House
Publish Year: 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780525554011
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Manushkin