Elmore
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The creator of the Toot & Puddle series brings us Elmore--the warmhearted porcupine sure to steal the hearts of a new generation of Holly Hobbie fans!
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.
Holly Hobbie is the creator of the beloved Toot & Puddle series and now brings us a character for the next generation. Just as charming, funny, and good-hearted as her little pigs, Elmore the porcupine will snuggle and prickle his way securely into the picture-book canon.
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"Friends Wanted" reads the sign that Elmore, a self-sufficient but solitary porcupine, posts in the woods. There are no takers everyone is scared of his quills. "I'm your friend," says his elderly uncle. "That's different," replies Elmore in an exchange that should resonate with any children familiar with the attempted consolations of adults. When Elmore's uncle insists that his quills are "beautiful" and define who he is, Elmore is inspired. He realizes that his "troublesome quills" make great pens, and in what Hobbie (A Cat Named Swan) wryly refers to as "the quill event," he gives away bundles of them to everyone in the forest. Elmore is neither needy nor pathetic; in fact, he emphasizes that the quills are "100% real porcupine quills" and reminds the other animals, "Everyone loves getting a note from a friend." After having fun writing with Elmore's once-feared quills, the animals see him in a new way. Hobbie's story is proffered with a light touch, a full heart, breezily charming artwork, and an ingenious protagonist. And her lesson never loses its profundity: being appreciated by others starts with appreciating oneself. Ages 3 7.
