02.19.07
I Could Eat You Up!: Thoughts
This is a cute book in many ways. The animal drawings are adorable and I love the detailed backgrounds in the human scenes. The text is sweet, but the racially chosen foods seemed odd to me (especially since the blue-eyed blond Caucasian parent just said “please give me a hug” instead of using a food image like every single other parent in the book). But the sentiment was sweet and I adored the illustrations. The book just left an odd taste that wasn’t quite pleasant. Too bad.