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Animals Brag About Their Bottoms

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Animals Brag About Their Bottoms by Maki Saito is a playful and colourful children's book where various animals celebrate and compare the uniqueness of their bottoms. Through vibrant illustrations and light-hearted text, the story highlights individuality and self-acceptance, offering young readers an engaging look at the animal kingdom with a fun twist.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate playful and humorous storytelling for children, especially those who are curious about the animal kingdom. It features delightful illustrations and a fun narrative that can engage young readers and spark their imagination with its unique perspective on animals.

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Animals Brag About Their Bottoms

Age range 3 to 9

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Age range 3 to 9

All bottoms are wonderful! Don't you agree?

Each animal in this adorable book has a different reason for loving their behind - from cute and round to fashionable and striped. Animals Brag About Their Bottoms by Maki Saito makes readers laugh out loud with playful illustrations of the backsides of hippos, zebras, pandas, mandrills, and more.

Her traditional Japanese art techniques add a sophisticated, beautiful feel. Charming and whimsical, this book encourages self-love and body positivity, as well as a whole lot of laughter and fun.

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The book by Maki Saito receives praise for its humorous and light-hearted approach to celebrating animal behinds. Reviewers appreciate the text's conversational and funny tone, alongside painterly illustrations that enhance the unique beauty of each animal's rump. It is noted for its delicate renderings and the way it showcases the diversity of animal posteriors with a sense of fun and a lack of self-consciousness.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781771647106

Publisher: Greystone Books,Canada

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 March 2021

Country: Canada

Imprint: Greystone Books,Canada

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 279.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

About the Author

MAKI SAITO is an artist and author known for her unique artistic methods using paper collage, stenciled paintings, and bin-gata, a traditional Japanese dyeing technique developed in Okinawa. She has written and illustrated several books in Japanese, inspired by her love for all living creatures in nature. Animals Brag About Their Bottoms is her first book translated into English.


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