FICTION

An Awesome Book of Love!

by Dallas CLAYTON
An Awesome Book of Love! illus. by author. 56p. HarperCollins/Harper. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-211666-6.
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PreS-Gr 2—In this follow-up to An Awesome Book (HarperCollins, 2012), Clayton's feel-good message continues. Rhyming verse explores matters of the heart, from effusive proclamations like "I love you so much/I would scream it from mountains/and dance like a fool in/the coldest town fountains," to reflective moments of "Letting go/when you want/to hold on." Some of the sentiments lean toward the trite ("You're you/and I'm me/and we're as together/as together can be"). Exuberant pen-and-ink illustrations feature robots hugging dinosaurs and entwined scarves that look like snakes. With its cacophony of hand-lettered, uppercase text and busy backgrounds covered in flowers and rainbows, this book is indeed passionate, if not a bit overwhelming.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada
Reviewed by Linda Ludke , Feb 01, 2013

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