Blanket: Journey to Extreme Coziness

by Loryn Brantz

Overview

Learn how to become one with your blanket in this quirky and hilarious picture book from Loryn Brantz, bestselling author of Feminist Baby.


Behold, the powers of your blanket are REAL.


From the best-selling author of Feminist Baby, Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice, and Feminist Baby! He's a Feminist Too! comes a witty and charming picture book about discovering the power of your blanket. Readers will learn how to make their own snuggly, cuddly cocoon and all the things you can do when you feel safe and warm. Your blanket might take you to space, under the deep blue sea, or anywhere you can imagine. But what happens when you leave your blanket? Not knowing is scary, but also exciting!


This adorable and exuberant story is filled with open-ended questions that encourage readers to be true to themselves, both inside and outside of their blankets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780759554795
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	01/05/2021
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	675,200
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Loryn Brantz is a two-time Emmy Award-winning author, illustrator, and design professional. Past books include Feminist Baby, Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice!, and Feminist Baby! He's a Feminist Too! She is also the creator of the Good Advice Cupcake and currently works on staff at BuzzFeed. Loryn lives in New York City, with her husband and daughter. Find her online at www.lorynbrantz.com.

Editorial Reviews

"[I]ts illustrations have the recognizable feel of Brantz’s well-known feminist cartoons with the wonderful textural complexity of a blanket collaged out of photographed fabric."—Booklist

"Dynamic illustrations rely on simple shapes, expressive close-ups, and hilarious shots of the ebullient child, cleverly turning the blanket cocoon into a metaphor for the process of growing up. An engaging, energetic, amusing, and affirming must for blanket lovers."—Kirkus

"Kids will want to take this bedtime read under the covers.... As you'd expect from Brantz, creator of the Feminist Baby series, the theme of empowerment ("We could be anything!") is expertly woven into the plot."—Parents Magazine

"Using an illustration technique that evokes the knitted softness of the title, Blanket tells the story of a child finding comfort in their blanket cocoon before metamorphosing into something even greater."—Entertainment Weekly

From the Publisher

2020-11-18
A seriously swaddled child invites readers to explore the transformative power of a blanket.

Wrapped up in a tweedy blanket, a wide-eyed child with beige skin and a shock of pale blond hair greets readers with a surprised “hello” and adds, “I was too busy being warm and cozy inside my FUZZIEST blanket” to notice anyone. Describing the blanket wrapping as a “blanket cocoon,” the child explains how cocoons provide protective coverings for certain insects, giving them a “safe place to become their grown-up selves in.” The child urges readers to quietly observe a caterpillar spin its cocoon, disappear inside, and eventually emerge an amazing butterfly. Wondering if readers would “like to be inside a blanket cocoon just like me,” the child deftly demonstrates how to roll up inside a favorite blanket. Once inside a blanket cocoon, readers can snuggle, wiggle, feel safe and warm, and close their eyes to imagine traveling through space, running in a rainforest, hunkering inside an igloo, or swimming beneath the ocean waves. Leaving the security of a blanket cocoon might seem scary, but it’s exciting because “we could BE ANYTHING!” The bold, chunky, hand-lettered text reinforces the immediacy of the child narrator’s lively conversation with readers. Dynamic illustrations rely on simple shapes, expressive close-ups, and hilarious shots of the ebullient child, cleverly turning the blanket cocoon into a metaphor for the process of growing up.

An engaging, energetic, amusing, and affirming must for blanket lovers. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews