This is a fun and tender book about friendship and grief. It is also a bit of a wish-fulfillment book, because what kid hasn't dreamed of spending the night in a department store? Parents will cringe at the amount of destruction the kids cause with their antics, but Newman glosses over consequences. It will be easy to recommend this book to kids. (2017, 191 p.)
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You know how it seems that every children's book now has to have a GBLT reference to get published. Well, Newman was very creative with her little reference. Frankie and Walter both have cats as pets. At the beginning of the book they imagine their cats getting married, both dressed in tuxedos, because they are both boy cats. Total eye role!
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