Perfect Presents!

<p><strong>A happy comic gift book for all ages—especially those who are hard to buy for!<br></strong><br>In this little hardcover book about gifts and giving, a satisfied lizard has found the perfect presents for a hard-to-please friend. </p><p>With 32 pages of comic strip style fun and hilarious illustrations by award-winning Anke Kuhl, this joyful book makes a perfect stocking filler, Secret Santa gift or for giving all-year round at birthdays, anniversaries or any celebration. </p><p>A lizard is delighted with their whole bag of perfect presents for a slightly unusual friend, owl. At first things don’t seem to be going well . . . The owl wolfs down each one and reaches out greedily for the lizard itself! With comic tension and a funny twist, the reader thinks the lizard may get eaten, but all turns out well in the end. The story finishes with a big kiss and a cup of peppermint tea: “Perfect presents,” says the friend. “Just to my taste!” </p><p>Capturing both the apprehension and delight of gift giving, <em>Perfect Presents! </em>is the ideal solution when shopping for the person who has everything. </p><p>Anke Kuhl is one of Germany’s leading children’s book illustrators, whose awards include the German Youth Literature Award in 2011. She has illustrated <em>Do Animals Fall in Love?, Tell Me </em>and <em>Any Body</em>. </p><p>Translated from the German edition by Melody Shaw.</p><p>Praise for <em>Perfect Presents!</em></p><p>“This cute story is like a present and a friendship—to be enjoyed and shared.”—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p><p>"Small and perfectly formed."—<em><strong>The Listener</strong></em><strong>, Top Children's Books of 2022</strong></p><p>Praise for<em> Do Animals Fall in Love<br></em>“What a masterpiece!” <strong>Axel Scheffler, author of <em>The Gruffalo</em><br></strong><br>“irresistible in tone and content.” <em><strong>starred review, Kirkus Reviews. Best Middle-Grade Nature Books, 2021</strong></em></p>