One of my good friends who works at a local library, has been gushing about Peter Brown since I met her. Ally Watkins is one of the true great advocates for children’s literature and Peter Brown. I’ll let her tell you why:
I love Peter Brown. And one of the main reasons for my love for him is Lucy. Lucy is a very precocious bear (yes, bear). 
She has two books dedicated to her adventures: Children Make Terrible Pets, and You Will Be My Friend! Both of the books illustrate that sweet Lucy just wants a playmate. In Children Make Terrible Pets, she takes home a little boy as a pet (you can imagine how well that goes. Her new friend–Squeaker, she calls him–isn’t exactly what she expected). In You Will Be My Friend, Lucy wakes up one morning and decides to make a new friend. So she sets out to achieve this goal—with hilarious results (note: it’s not good idea to try to scrub the stink out of a skunk).
Lucy isn’t just for kids, though. While you’re reading the books to the child in your life, you’ll be laughing out loud at the sly humor (“You WILL be my friend,” she informs an egg sitting in a nest; “I can wait.”). Lucy is one of my very favorite characters in kidlit these days, and she’s one big reason why I can’t WAIT to meet Peter Brown when he comes to Lemuria. You can pick up both of these great books—and your very own Lucy stuffed animal—in Oz.
Ally Watkins is the youth services supervisor at the Pearl Public Library, where she oversees programming and collection development for ages 0-18. For her next career move, she’d like to move to Australia to be friends with author Melina Marchetta.
Peter Brown will be reading and signing his new book Creepy Carrots! on Thursday, August 23rd at 4:00.
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