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Title: How I Sent
My Hug Around The World
Author: Donna Ellen
Conrad
Illustrations: Monez Gusmang
Publisher: Hummingbird
Book Press
ISBN: 9780985245719
Review:
When a tired mom comes home
and gets splatted with spaghetti on her new hat a grumpy chain of events began.
Ollie, the initiator of the spaghetti, grumps at his sister Tippie, who then
grumps at dad, who then grumps at Sweetie the dog, who then barks at a skunk,
who then sprays a cloud of skunk juice. It is then that two songbirds, caught
in the smelly fog, fly across the globe spreading the grump.
“…over oceans, and
mountains, and bridges, and castles on hills. And wherever they stopped, they
still stunk from the skunk, which meant some bad-BAD-stinky-bad moods landed in
a lot of places.”
Tippie had an idea to
remedy the situation. She gave her mom a hug. Soon after there was ice cream
with the family and petting was passed on to Sweetie, who then left a cookie
for the skunk, who then listened to the song of the songbirds. And it was then
that the songbirds flew across the skies singing their songs.
“The songbirds sang sunny
songs across the skies – through clouds, and rains, and storms of sand, over
deserts, and islands, and smiling giraffes.”
Author Donna Ellen Conrad
has created a delightful conundrum with zippy rhyme that’s fun to read. Bright
cheery pictures that help the story unfold shares with readers the many
peoples, animals and even deities grumpy and happy. Parents and teachers can
use this hilarious read as a guide to discuss how a bad mood can spread and how
a hug and a smile can help people avoid a big crazy conundrum. Readers will
enjoy seeing and identifying all of the cultures, and animals depicted in this
tale.
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