Hugging Hour

TITLE: Hugging Hour
AUTHOR:Aileen Leijten
PUB DATE: January 2009

ABOUT THE BOOK:
To Drool, it feels like her mom and dad have been gone an awfully long time. So long that she can hardly taste the fried ice cream Grandma made for dinner, or enjoy hide-and-seek with Kip, Grandmaas pet chicken. Not even playing dress up, having a whole snuggly hugging hour with Grandma, or getting to put the sprinkles on the triple-decker cupcakes can put a smile on Droolas face. aIam an orphan,a she tells Kip.
A childas fi rst sleepover at Grandmaas is given a hilarious and tender treatment in this candy-colored book by talented newcomer Aileen Leijten.

MICHAEL’S THOUGHTS:
This is another Cybil Award contender.

This is a cute story about a little girl named Drew (Drool). She is at her grandmothers house. Her grandmother is a funny lady because she has a chicken for a pet and follows Drool around.

For dinner the grandmother made fried ice cream, marzipan shortcake and for dessert they have belgain waffles.

Drool is spending the night. In the morning she wakes up to the smell of her grandmothers pancakes. She plays dress up with the chicken and then hide and seek. When the chicken doesn’t appear Drool gets upset and cries.

So her grandmother and Drool make cupcakes. Drool thinks she is an orphan and that everyone has left her but really no one has.

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