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Higgins, Carter

This Is NOT a Valentine

48 pp. | Chronicle | February, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-5374-2 $14.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins. Each time a boy gives his female classmate a gift (dandelions, a rock, etc.), he explains why it isn't to be construed as a valentine (e.g., valentines "come with buckets of roses"). Readers, like the girl, will see right through him and appreciate him all the more for his vulnerability, reinforced in mixed-media illustrations that have the conspicuous non-polish of children's art.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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