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Summary
Shhh, listen. Do you hear that?
Oh no. Oh dear. Oh . . . my . . . godmother.
They've traveled on planes, in taxis, and across state lines. And now they're here at the doorstep, a cheesy gift in one hand, the other poised for a pinch on the cheek.
IT'S THE AUNTS! THE AUNTS ARE HERE.
One girl's all-too-recognizable experience--a visit from a troupe of overwhelming and overly enthusiastic relations--escalates to new heights of chaos, absurdity, and delight in a laugh-out-loud take on family reunions. Written with signature humor by Adam Rex and illustrated by Lian Cho, this picture book is a celebration of the universal and endearing strangeness of family.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Via a quartet of unconditionally, relentlessly loving aunts, Rex (Gladys the Magic Chicken) and Cho (It Began with Lemonade) breathe new life into a staple of kid humor: the older, oblivious-to-personal-space relative. Exasperatedly observed second-person text and bustling watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil art brim with warmhearted exaggeration as the boisterous aunts, shown with varying skin tones, practically bust down the door to swarm their beloved nibling, a child portrayed with brown skin. Commandeering the following spreads and kitted out with fanny packs, lip balm, and sun visors (yes, one wears a "World's Best Aunt" T-shirt), they brandish "a dollar and a mint... a newspaper article... and a very small packet of peanuts"; pepper their overwhelmed charge with questions ("Do you still like toy horses?" "When did you stop liking horses?"); and fill the air with the smell of their lotion. In a turn of events that melds comedy and fantasy, the child realizes that the aunts are good people to have on one's side--they're mighty hand-sanitizer-wielding champions whose care makes one feel "warm as a coconut." It's a high-spirited, high-comedy portrait of intrusive, effusive relatives one can count on. Ages 5--8. Author's agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. Illustrator's agent: Rebecca Sherman, Writers House. (May)