Applesauce

Johnny's daddy has smooth cheeks, an apple in his throat and sounds like a mom when he sings in the bath. At other times a cactus grows out of his chin and his breath smells like cauliflower. At times he has warm hands and his fingers taste like applesauce. Other times his hands are cold and flash like lightning, and he becomes a thunder-daddy. When this happens Johnny wants to find a new daddy, but he eventually realizes that thunder-daddies don't last forever. And that there's nothing like the comfort that comes from those we love.

Klaas Verplancke's story, with its humorous, energetic and imaginative illustrations, will strike a chord with many young children and parents as they discover that love sometimes means setting limits, and that people do get angry, but that where there is love, it doesn't last.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 07/24/2012
ISBN: 9781554981861
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.70h x 7.60w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2012 pg. 1522
School Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 108
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2012 pg. 81
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 155067 / Applesauce
Reading Level: 1.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5