Buttercup the Bigfoot

by Douglas Rees, Isabel Munoz (Illustrator)

Overview

A fiercely funny picture book from author Douglas Rees and illustrator Isabel Muñoz about the fantastic friendship between a little girl and a creature out of legend.

When Willa Cathcart Wilmerding, the bravest girl in the world, is told she must stop her nightly tradition of howling at the moon, she decides to run away. High in the mountains, she meets Buttercup the Bigfoot, a friend unlike any other!

Willa and Buttercup do everything together. They leap up and down the mountains, soar over mighty crevasses, and make each other crowns of flowers—but their favorite thing to do is climb a high peak and HOWL at the moon.

This playful story of friendship, freedom, and ferocity will have picture book readers eager for a Bigfoot friend of their very own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250801647
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	08/18/2020
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	29 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Douglas Rees is an author and librarian from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna, the Very First Chicken, his Uncle Pirate books, and his Vampire High young adult series.

Isabel Muñoz is a lifelong artist and a children's book illustrator. She has a degree in fine arts from Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain.

Douglas Rees is an author and librarian from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for his Uncle Pirate books and Vampire High young adult series.

Editorial Reviews

"Willa’s journey will reassure young readers that goodness and wildness can coexist and that true friends will love you for who you are. Let the howling commence!" —Booklist

From the Publisher

2020-06-16
A youngster with a penchant for howling finds the perfect companion.

Willa Cathcart Wilmerding is bold and clever. She climbs supertall trees, befriends arachnids, and can even spell the word “H-E-L-I-C-O-P-T-E-R.” But every Friday night, Willa climbs to the roof of her house and howls at the moon. It doesn’t have anything to do with werewolves—she just enjoys howling. (The howls tumble and stretch across the pages as she bellows.) When her mom admonishes her, Willa decides to run away to the mountains where she can howl in peace. However, the mountains are also where Bigfoot lives. And Bigfoot likes to howl just as much as Willa. (This particular version is shaggy, pink, and female.) After a bit of a standoff, the two become fast friends. Willa decides to name her new friend Buttercup. But when Willa’s mom comes on a helicopter and tells her she misses her, sadly the pair is separated. The convenient wrap-up involves the woolly creature’s arrival in the city, where she joins Willa’s life. Everything seems a bit off-kilter (why does Willa howl? Why is her skin tinted blue, with schoolmates having a variety of normal and outlandish tones?), but the romp skims along the surface to simply tell a quirky story of friendship. (This book was reviewed digitally with 11-by-17-inch double-page spreads viewed at 36.5% of actual size.)

Friendships do indeed come in all shapes and sizes. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews