Colorful, cute fun.

Fluffy McWhiskers is so adorable everyone explodes when they see them, Kaboom!

This was such a fun and cute book. Very colorful and fun illustrations! The story was entertaining and had me turning page after page to see what would come next.
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So I did this book in storytime but it just does not work like I want it too.

Kids didn't get the idea of pugs being cute
Kids didn't laugh as much as I thought
Adults kind of looked at me like WTF ( )

Fluffy was so cute that everyone that saw fluffy would explode. Fluffy tried to make herself less cute so it would stop happening. Fluffy was criminally cute! So Fluffy went far away and all alone to fix the problem. Then fluffy made a little dog friend that finally did not explode. This is a funny book to show the classroom that would be good to end the day with, it is full of cuteness and laughs. ( )

I'll admit. The idea of creatures exploding does sound rather violent and dismal, but that's a concern to quickly shove aside. This is a quirky, fun, and super cute tale about friendship and learning to like ones self...it's just told in a very different an unexpected way.

Fluffy is super, amazingly, adorably cute and has a very fitting name. She kind, sweet and friendly, but nobody ever gets that far with her, since they take one glance in her direction and explode into sparkle and fireworks. Very pretty and dynamic but horrible on the friendship end.

A fuzzy ball of fluffiness best describes Fluffy, but it's the reaction others have to her that will make younger readers surprised, giggle and smile...maybe with a bit of raised eyebrows, but laughter is hard to keep in. If Fluffy took joy in this, the tale, obviously, wouldn't work, but in this story, poor Fluffy really isn't okay with this but has no idea how to stop it. She really feels bad about it, wishes it would stop, and takes huge steps to change the situation, which make it pull at the heart strings even more.

It's easy to connect with Fluffy, especially since she really is kind and sweet. But what I really enjoy is that it shows that being marked as 'super' or 'cute' or 'great' doesn't always mean that a person will find great friends. True friendship doesn't work that way, and this tale is a clever, cute way to address that...while building in more than a few funny moments. I received an ARC copy. ( )