My Blankie

(Board book)

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The love and play shared between a young boy and his blankie is brought to life in this charming board book. A blankie can be so much more than just a blankie - it can transform you into a pirate, a wolf; it can be an igloo or a tablecloth for a fancy party. A blankie is a super blankie!

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Publishers Weekly
French author/illustrator Beauvisage, in her first children's book, celebrates the many things a blanket can do. Her young hero has a flair for the adventurous ("With my blankie, I build tents and igloos... I become a pirate... or the King of Rollerblading"), but he's also happy to use his polka-dotted blanket as a tea party tablecloth (and napkin) and to cuddle with it, of course. The warm golds and reds of the boy's blanket set a comforting tone in themselves, and the playful presence of a trio of stuffed animals highlights the rich sense of imagination that drives the story. Up to age 3. (Aug.)

Booklist-
A blankie book with no I-lost-my-blankie trauma Indeed, this is a 12-page ode to the many glories of the fuzzy (and probably frowsy and cruddy) companion, featuring a brown-haired child dragging his brownand-red blankie through various collage backgrounds. With a Linus-like skill, our protagonist fashions his blankie into an igloo, a wolf, a sailboat sail, a tabletop, and more, though the best thing about it is the nighttime snuggling. "My blankie is a Super Blankie!" he cries to the general disgruntlement of his overlooked stuffed animals. Sturdy construction makes this the perfect thing for bedtime reading--it won't get crushed, not even inside a tight blankie embrace.

Author Bio

Alice Beauvisage is a young illustrator-designer who grew up in Provence and still lives in the south of France.
She enjoys using and working with all sorts of papers, and salvaged materials mixed with painting and color pencil. "Mon Doudou" is her first book.