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Title: A picture book for (some) adults
Review: Short on text but not on depth, graphic artist Woodleigh Hubbard offers an extremely colorful ego boost. Although the book is quite pleasant, I cannot imagine myself as a child connecting with any bit of it. According to Hubbard, one should hug an elephant if it steps on your bicycle. "You Forgive" commands the text, and, obviously it was an accident, as the elephant is shedding a single tear. This seems another of those "picture books for parents" we always wish we had a separate shelf for. Buy it if you have the new age parents who need such affirmations. Hopefully the bright, whimsical illustrations will hold the kids' interest because they are good enough, smart enough, and dog-gone it, they deserve it.
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