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Bluster Hides Love -- Picture Book Reviews

Beneath the exterior puff is a little buffalo with a tender heart ready to make friends, if they give him a start.


Just in time for Valentine's Day, Bess Kalb and Erin Kraan invent a humorous cast of characters who with rhyming, rhythm serenade their way into your heart as they cleverly show you how to make a new friend.


Characters: surly Buffalo, generous Ram, playful Prairie Dog, and chatter-box Crow


Theme: friendship


Conflict: feelings of insecurity that can make you present yourself differently than who you are


Plot: The story opens with an introduction to Buffalo and where he lives.


Ram, Prairie Dog, and Crow all approach Buffalo and try to become his friend but believing they won't like the real him, Buffalo chases them away.


Then one day a dark storm soaks away Buffalo's bravado, revealing his true size.


With help from the prairie creatures, Buffalo reveals his tender heart and makes new friends.


Perspective: A third-person, rhyming narration


Setting: a bright, colorful, and geometric prairie landscape



A cartoon buffalo with a curly coat and a grumpy expression is centered on a swirly brown background. Text reads "BUFFALO FLUFFALO."
Buffalo Fluffalo Book Cover


ISBN-13

0593564537

Publisher

Random House Studio

Publication date

January 2024

Page

40

Age

2 to 6


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