Holly Hobbie
9) Elmore
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Elmore is a porcupine desperate to make friends. But it is hard to seek closeness with others when you're covered with spikes that shoot off your back every so often. Elmore suffers rejection and heartbreak, but the goodness of his forest community ultimately shines through as the animals find a way to connect with this prickly bundle of love.
10) A cat named Swan
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After surviving on the streets, a homeless cat discovers the joys of living with a human family.
Author
Language
English
Description
Veering from the convivial, scene-centered graphic interpretation often associated with this classic, Würbs offers a sparer take, narrowing each scene to softly focused images that are more suggestive than representational. The poem's opening lines are accompanied by an image of a lone candle burning in a brass candleholder, and the sleigh's rooftop landing shows two shadowy reindeer heads emerging from behind a foregrounded stone chimney. Santa's...