Love Tails (Paw Pals) (Board book)

Rachel Hale
Little, Brown Kids (2007)
ISBN 9780316113212
Reviewed by Conner Agurer (age 3) and Mom for Reader Views (11/07)

“Love Tails” is a photographic love poem expressed to us by our furry animal friends. Rachel Hale’s photographs feature kittens, puppies, bunnies, pigs, lambs, a duck, a cow, chicks, and even a parakeet.

My son thought the pictures were fun and silly. The pairing of unlikely animals in the pictures especially amused him, like the chicks on the cow’s head or the parakeet on the dog’s nose. When I ask him if it was funny to see a bird on a dog’s nose, he said, “That’s not his nose! His nose is the black thing on the end of his face.”  I told him that he was right and that in fact the bird is sitting on the dog’s snout or muzzle and the nose is at the end. He does notice these little details.

Parent’s comment:

Rachel Hale has a good eye for bringing out the cuteness of the animals in her pictures. The poem is a cute rhyming tale that may feel a little forced in its verse, but the message in “Love Tails” is as sweet as the pictures.

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