This artificially-flavored book is not dedicated to you.

Sandra Boynton has become my favorite children's author. Nothing makes me happier than reading one of her Pookie books to my daughter.

One of our new favorites is her non-Pookie board book, BUT NOT THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.

I think the story and illustrations are incredibly cute, and Clara seems to be enjoying the taste of the book a great deal, which led me to this thought:

Artificially-flavored board books. Awesome… right?

I'll have to see what my agent thinks.

My favorite part about BUT...