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32 pp.
| Dial |
December, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3505-7$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Tedd Arnold.
The valentine young Leon has made runs away shouting "Love is yucky. / Stinky too. / It will turn your brain to goo!" Everyone joins in a chase that ends in the candy shop, where they run into Leon's secret crush (and the valentine she has made for him). Illustration panels, speech bubbles, and the gingerbread-man-like pursuit make this somewhat saccharine love story palatable.