A Greyhound, a Groundhog

I have never seen such a collective swoon behind our counter as when an advance copy of this darling book arrived in the mail a few weeks ago. Why do we love it so? Emily Jenkins's words appear simple, as do Chris Appelhans's watercolors of the two title characters. But when the tongue-twister words—"round," "hound," "ground," "brown," and eventually "astound"—start swirling about and the two animal pals do too, something magical happens. We think you'll fall in love with it too. (Ages 2 to 5)