![]() Aaron Reynolds and Dan Santat make for a thoroughly marvelous team. After reading it to several groups of kindergartners I can safely say that this is a winning book. Obviously, this is a perfect read aloud for sharing with youngsters, maybe before a trip to the beach. I suspect this picture book will singlehandedly be responsible for the return to popularity of that much-used word. I laughed all the way through, and young readers will too. The text is fun to read aloud, varying how the word "DUDE" is uttered, and the images are crisp, clean, and hold readers' attention. But all three end up being friends, sharing ice cream on the beach after using the shark's body as the world's biggest and best surf board. ![]() The facial expressions in the illustrations are hilarious with the platypus getting a load of bird waste on its head, and the beaver realizing that a great white shark is heading their way. ![]() ![]() Phrases such as "FAR OUT!" and "GNARLY" and yes, that ubiquitous "DUDE!" come to mind, of course, while watching their antics as they head out to catch the perfect wave. Relying on one word repeated throughout the story but in different typefaces and colors, this almost wordless picture book follows the surfing adventures of a beaver and a platypus. ![]() 3.5 for me because I liked it much more upon a second reading. ![]()
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