After reading all the teenage love triangle books, I tried for something lighter and simpler today...still related to love!
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story is a really cute children's book about finding love! It starts with a lonesome porcupine, ironically named Cushion, living in a zoo. Cushion feels lonely and left out because he lives in his big cage all by himself. He wants to find true love, and he also is able to play the guitar!!
He searches all the other animals for his one true love. He sings to the rabbits, beavers, and pigs, but no one likes his love song and no one wants to be in love with someone as prickly and ugly as Cushion.
Cushion has finally given up when he hears a voice saying I'll be your friend. It is a hedgehog! Barb, the hedgehog, is just as prickly as Cushion and would love to live with him in his cage at the zoo. Cushion finally is able to sing new, happier love song about his true love Barb!
The book is simple and cute. Kids will love the colorful pictures, and the thrill of Cushion on his journey to find true love. The author incorporates some poetry/prose into the book through the song Cushion sings on his guitar. There are great themes for units in this book including: love, friendship, and looking beyond appearances. Overall a fantastic book for kids! The illustrations are by Janie Bynum...lots of color in this book!
Wheeler, L. (2002). Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story. New York: Little, Brown, & Co.
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