Toot & Puddle

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Summary: Beautiful illustrations and heartwarming story
Review: I live overseas and my adult daughter bought this book for me for my 42nd birthday. She inscribed it "To Toot, Love From Puddle - you'll understand after you read the book". And the book is so true of OUR relationship. We've lived all over the world but now our daughter is married with a home of her own - filled with momentos of travels when she was young as well as things I've given her from the place we now live. A wonderful expression of our own relationship - this book hit the nail on the head! Now I just need to get in that postcard habit....!

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Summary: amazing story about friendship
Review: I noticed this book by two lovely pigs who shared love, caring and friendship that touches everyone's heart. I repeated this story again and again under my daughters' request and they loves Toot and Puddle. When I go for work, my youngest daughter, 3 y/0 read the story by herself. Therefore I bought the other story of Toot & Puddle from Amazon. I enjoy the story and I love the painting. Thank you Holly.

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Summary: Fantastic illustrations and a great message
Review: This book is a great choice for everyone. The illustrations are comical yet beautiful to look at. The story itself is just as fun. Toot and Puddle are very different in some ways and not so different in others--much like we all are. They are friends because of their love and acceptance of each other. It is a great book with a great message and I personally guarantee it will put a smile on your face.

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Summary: Toot and Puddle
Review: Toot and Puddle is a great toddler book. Boys and girls will enjoy it for several reasons:
The story
It is a story about two pigs--the frieds Toot and Puddle. While Toot likes to stay at home, Puddle is a traveler. When he decides to travel around the world, he sends Toot cards from every place he goes to. At the end Puddle comes back home and the two pigs who have missed each other celebrate their friendship.
The illustrations
The illustrations are beautiful, focusing on the essence of each of the place Puddle visits (art in France, matadors in Spain, mountain climbing in the Alps) or each seasonal activity that Toot enjoys at home (skating in winter, Mud season in spring). THe text is short and not intimidating, full of age approrpiate humor.
The moral
You can be friends with many people, even if you like different things.

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Summary: We adore this book!
Review: Toot and Puddle is a wonderful bedtime book - my 3 year old adores it. The lessons of respect for different types of "adventures" are wonderful and the illustrations are spectacular.

Plus, the illustrations contain all sorts of visual puns that the grownups can appreciate (example: when Puddle, inspired by Toot's trip to Paris, decides to paint, he has Van Gogh's sunflowers at his table. Instead of painting them, he paints an endearingly goofy self-portrait.)

Highly recommended for children and their readers!