PRESCHOOL
Church, Caroline Jayne

One More Hug for Madison

(4) PS Mouse Madison forestalls bedtime by repeatedly asking Mommy for "just one more thing." The story doesn't distinguish itself from the multitude of like-themed picture book offerings, but the art, which places human-child motifs (Madison picks up her toys, brushes her teeth) within the context of an animal habitat (her bed is a hollowed-out log, her wardrobe a tree branch), invites contemplation.

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