Vincent X. Kirsch

This has very easy seek-and-find counting to ten elements. Altogether charming, especially the styling of rainbow-colored pup and beret-clad Tate. Do not take your pup for granted!

I was looking forward to a pleasant ride through a picture book about a sweet LGBTQ+ romance, but the story kept popping the clutch and grinding gears. The repetition, the circling around, and the characters referring to themselves in the third person just threw me out of the book.

This book was cute. I think it could be hard for young children to understand without it being read, explained, then read again. There were two stories going on simultaneously. It’s about growing, learning to let go and dealing with loss. The tree being climbed and learning for fall from it was used as a symbol. I’d use this book in my class if a student was moving and a classmate may loose a friend.