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Starring a big bear and a little bear, this captivating board book with a peek-through cover from perennial New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton celebrates the endless delight of smooches. A year-round Valentine for the little ones you adore!"Oh, little bear! You spectacular child! You...
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See moreThis sweet board book from New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton feels like one big smooch-perfect for Valentine's Day or any day spent with the ones you love!
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Description
Starring a big bear and a little bear, this captivating board book with a peek-through cover from perennial New York Times bestselling author Sandra Boynton celebrates the endless delight of smooches. A year-round Valentine for the little ones you adore!"Oh, little bear! You spectacular child! You are joyful and funny and wonderfully WILD."So begins Smooches!, an affectionate and lively book of love. With those inimitable Boynton illustrations, a peek-through cover, and sweet rhyming text, this adorable and sturdy board book is the perfect present for each and every smoochable little one in your life. In the words of the book's conclusion, "The power of smooches cannot be denied." So true.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780316574686
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Board book
Date Published: 04 December 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 152.0mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 16
About the Author
Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has created eighty-eight children's books and seven general audience books, including six New York Times bestsellers. More than 90 million of her books have been sold, "mostly to friends and family," she says. She has also written (with Michael Ford) and produced seven albums of renegade children's music. Three of her seven albums have been certified Gold (over 500,000 copies sold) and Philadelphia Chickens, nominated for a Grammy, has been certified Platinum (over 1 million copies sold). Boynton has also directed many music videos of her songs, including the award-winning "One Shoe Blues" starring B.B. King, "Going Home Now" sung by Lyle Lovett, and "Tyrannosaurus Funk" (animated) fabulously voiced by Samuel L. Jackson. She lives in rural New England, and her studio is in a barn with perhaps the only hippopotamus weathervane in America.
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