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| 1626722889 |
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Summary
Summary
Dear Gazelle,
For some time now I have wanted to write a letter to say how much I admire you. You are so graceful and fine. Even when you are running from tigers you are like a ballerina who is running away from tigers.
I think that what I'm trying to say is that I love you.
XO,
OX
And so begins an epic, if initially unrequited, love affair between a graceful gazelle and a clumsy, hapless ox. Romance will never be the same.
Adam Rex's hilarious, sweet, and at times heartbreaking letters between a hopelessly romantic ox and a conceited, beautiful gazelle are paired perfectly with Scott Campbell's joyful illustrations to bring you a romance for the ages.
A Neal Porter Book
Author Notes
Adam Rex received a BFA from the University of Arizona. His first picture book, The Dirty Cowboy by Amy Timberlake, was published in 2003. His works include Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, The True Meaning of Smekday, and Fat Vampire.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
She's a famous, glamorous, and vain gazelle. He's a salt-of-the-earth ox with a gift for plainspoken eloquence. Their journey toward romance is a rocky one, captured by Rex (How This Book Was Made) and Campbell (Hug Machine) through an epistolary format and luscious sepia-toned watercolors. Ox begins the correspondence with a declaration of love that seems like it would melt the hardest of hearts: "Even when you are running from tigers you are like a ballerina who is running from tigers." Gazelle, who swans around her mansion in a wardrobe befitting a 1930s movie star, is unmoved and sends back a form letter and autographed picture-twice ("I have many admirers and cannot reply to each one personally"). But Ox persists (in a non-stalkery way, it should be noted), and his good-humored self-awareness and unflagging devotion eventually win her over. Rex and Campbell don't end with a romantic clinch, but with delicate evidence of Gazelle's changed heart-though the endpapers will satisfy diehard romantics. It's about as lovely (and funny) a story of opposites attracting that one could ask for. Ages 4-8. Agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Ox adores Gazelle from afar, and one day he musters up the courage to tell her in a letter, which he signs, charmingly, XO, OX. Gazelle is a creature with many admirers, so her response to Ox's letter is the same as all the others: a boilerplate letter with a blank for the recipient's name, and an autographed photo. Undeterred, Ox replies, only to receive exactly the same canned letter he got before. Are his hopes dashed? Nope: I think this shows that you are very smart and have a tidy mind, he writes. As their back-and-forth continues, Ox becomes more smitten while Gazelle becomes increasingly frustrated Ox! Stop this! Please do not write me again. Though some might wonder why Ox doesn't get the picture, or why Gazelle doesn't simply stop replying, the epistolary format is appealing, and Campbell's lively watercolor illustrations are entertaining, particularly when depicting the comical contrast between hulking, boxy Ox and lithe, graceful Gazelle. Kiddos who liked Campbell's Hug Machine (2014) will get a kick out of this, too.--Hunter, Sarah Copyright 2016 Booklist
