Consider Love (Mini Edition): Its Moods and Many Ways

Sandra Boynton. Little Simon, $7.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-689-87814-5

A pair of books just right for a special someone arrive in time for Valentine's Day. Consider Love: Its Moods and Many Ways by Sandra Boynton, first published in 2002, appears here in a square, paper-over-board mini-edition. The hand-size volume enumerates love in its many manifestations. One standout spread: ""Love that is clever,"" depicting a fox climbing a ladder to gather grapes for his heartthrob, appears opposite, ""Love that is foolish,"" for which a hippo highdives into a tiered chocolate cake. .

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