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48 pp.
| Disney/Hyperion |
March, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4847-0875-0$16.99
(3)
K-3
"We wish you were here." Two elephants describe their experience anticipating their child's arrival. Cordell's poetic birth/adoption tale has an exquisitely light touch; pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations make what's at stake clear. Try to keep a dry eye when a late-in-the-book illustration shows an ocean parting to reveal a child for its expectant parents on shore.