Snuggle Puppy (Boynton on Board) [Board book]

Sandra Boynton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 22, 2003 | Age Range: 2 and up | Series: Boynton on Board | Lexile Measure: 280L (What's this?)

A great big hug in book form, Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it's even opened. Best of all, it's packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun.

OOO, Snuggle Puppy of mine! Everything about you is especially fine. I love what you are. I love what you do. Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy, I love you. Featuring a sweet and cuddly doggie cast and rhyming verse, Snuggle Puppy is the perfect bedtime book to read last, because of an ending that kids will want again and again: I started with OOO. . . . Now we'll end like this: [BIG SMOOCH!]

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Ooo, SNUGGLE PUPPY of mine.
Everything about you is especially fine.

About the Author

Sandra Boynton is one of America’s best-loved artists. Her Boynton on Board and other books for children have tens of millions of copies in print, with Barnyard Dance!, Snuggle Puppy!, and Pajama Time! leading the way. Ms. Boynton lives with her family in rural Connecticut, working out of a converted barn that has the only hippopotamus weather vane in the state.

Product Details

• Age Range: 2 and up
  
• Board book: 24 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 1ST edition (May 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761130675
• ISBN-13: 978-0761130673
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.7 x 6.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (156 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Dogs
  • #54 in Books > Children's Books > Social Situations > Emotions & Feelings

More About the Author

Sandra Boynton is a popular American humorist, songwriter, children's author and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated more than forty books for both children and adults, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and four music albums. Although she does not license her characters to be redrawn or adapted, she has herself designed???for various companies???calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An appetizer on the Boynton buffet October 17, 2003

By Melissa VanArsdel

Format:Board book

This, like all the Boynton books I've seen, is a beautiful little package -- a sweet song and adorable pictures, sure to result in much snuggling and special moments. It is great for little kids, especially (in fact this song has become a bedtime standard for us). However, if you and your kids like this book, be sure to check out Sandra Boynton's full "Philadelphia Chickens" collection -- a Broadway-show type "review" of many fantastic and catchy toons, with great illustrations and a CD (featuring Patti LuPone, Meryl Streep, The Bacon Brothers, etc.). My kids (3 & 8) have loads of fun singing the songs, dancing around like aardvarks in a chorus line, acting snoozy and then rock and rolling. My 8 year old daughter loves "Broadway" type of music, but much of it is pretty grown-up in content, so this is just the ticket. The songs are funny and appeal to both kids and adults. Sorry, I'm not saying more specifically about Snuggle Puppy, but the whole collection is a treasure for kids as they get older.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have! August 29, 2003

By "wendoleeen"

Format:Board book

Our whole family adores this book. It's infectious; for one little book it packs a whallop. The book is a love song, and we sing it as a bluegrass song. One reading keeps us smiling for a whole day. Until I find a new favorite, this is the book I will buy (along with Blue Hat, Green Hat) for all of the new babies I know. Everything about it is especially fine.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars OOOOoooooh! Everything about it is especially fine March 17, 2005

By A. Neilll VINE™ VOICE

Format:Board book

Guaranteed to make my 2 year old son giggle and smile every time I read it. One of his favorites for the past several months since he first picked it off the shelf for us to read it to him. now he brings it to us often.

Get it for your little snuggle puppy!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Oooooooooh! One of our favorite books! July 16, 2004

By ava elyse neumann

Format:Board book

I bought this book when my daughter was not yet born. I started to read to her when she was three months old. I sit her on my lap and let her rest against my body while I hold the book infront of her to read.
She is now 5 1/2 months old and this is one of her favorite books. She gets very excited when I pick this one off the shelf. While I read it she grabs for the book and her legs kick and kick while she smiles.
The book is a really sweet story about a mommy dog and her "snuggle puppy". While making cookies she sings him a song about loving him for who he is and what he does. Its short and very very sweet.
The book is based on a song but I dont know the song and I dont think it matters. The words are so important to giving your child good self confidence. I think when they are old enough to understand what you are saying it will be even better for them.
This is a cute book and it doesnt get old. I love to "sing" my daughter the snuggle puppy song where ever we might be and she loves it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A Super-Cute Ditty! August 4, 2003

By A Customer

Format:Board book

This is one of my 17-month-old daughter's favourites. It is short but sweet, and the rhythm and words are so catchy they get "stuck" in my head for hours at a time after I've read it to her!

It lets the reader become as animated as they wish when reading. You can just read it normally if you want, but it's more fun to do it up: "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO snuggle puppy of MINE!!!!"

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite of my own snuggle puppy April 15, 2005

By Sharon Knutson

Format:Board book

Ms. Boynton's books are a huge hit in our home. Snuggle Puppy was given as a gift to my now almost three year old for Valentine's day and it quickly became her favorite...we read it each night and she gets so excited to hear the cadence in the book, she moves in rhythm to the words as I sing song the story. I even found her asleep snuggling the book under her arm one night. I will be sad when this is no longer part of our bed time story time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Dads, Moms, Boys & Girls May 26, 2007

By Kathy Carrington

Format:Board book

This little book is wonderful! It's one of the few my baby girl will sit through. One nice touch is that there aren't any gender cues for the parent dog or little puppy. It could be a Mommy and her little boy baking the cookies just as easily as a Daddy and his little girl. Very cute! I haven't been disappointed with a Boynton book yet!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute book AND song - grumpy dad must not have known. July 15, 2006

By Astabeth

Format:Board book

This is a cute book, but a cute song as well. It might be hard to sing it if you haven't heard the melody, but you can look at the Philadelphia Chickens CD online and hear enough to get the idea. It might be more fun.