A little pink sea creature pokes his head out of a hole in the sea bottom to give the gloomy fish some advice: “Smile, Mr. This simplified version of Diesen and Hanna’s The Pout-Pout Fish (2008) is appropriate for babies and toddlers.īrief, rhyming text tells the story of a sullen fish cheered up with a kiss. This sweet and simple offering is ideal for sharing one-on-one or for featuring with a small audience in a program celebrating family or, even better, small acts of kindness and love. The sky is rendered a soft pink, the hill a light green and the hedgehogs shades of tan, with the blue, white and yellow flowers adding a bit of variety to the palette. The only things pictured are the hedgehogs, the hill and the flowers, all of which are drawn with very thick, bold outlines. The simple, uncluttered illustrations complement the sparse but apt text. They each give her a kiss in return, as does her proud father, and that makes: “Three flowers, / four kisses, and / five hedgehogs / -happy at home.” This final spread shows the five critters resting all cuddled together in a contented clump, with Emma’s sisters still holding onto their precious flowers. Inspired by the sweet scent in the air, Emma picks flowers and hands one to each of her three wilting sisters. This volume in the Simply Small board-book series introduces Emma, a little hedgehog with a heart of gold.Įmma and her three sisters exhaust themselves trudging along after Daddy up a steep hill.
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