Snuggle Puppy!

by Sandra Boynton

A great big hug in book form.
Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it's even opened. Best of all, it's packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun.

OOO, Snuggle Puppy of mine! Everything about you is especially fine. I love what you are. I love what you do. Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy, I love you. Featuring a sweet and cuddly doggie cast and rhyming verse, Snuggle Puppy is the perfect bedtime book to read last, because of an ending that kids will want again and again: I started with OOO. . . . Now we'll end like this: [BIG SMOOCH!]

Oversized lap edition also available—perfect for reading aloud!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Dogs, Love, Fiction, Animals, Kids

24 pages, Board book

First published May 22, 2003

About the author

Sandra Keith Boynton is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated over eighty-five books for children and seven general audience books, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and seven music albums. She has also designed calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys for various companies.

Reviews

[Heather Adores Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Came across this little gem while doing some organizing. Without even cracking it open I can still remember the catchy tune of the main chorus.

It instantly brought me back 14/15 years ago. I would rock my daughter to sleep in my glider ~ she'd have her pointer finger in her mouth while pulling on her ear, which was her sign of being tired. Now she's taller than me and definitely won't let me rock her to sleep anymore. Luckily she's a reader and we'll sit and read together quite often. I swear I've blinked 3 times and she's almost all grown up. 😭😭😭 seriously I'm for real crying thinking about this.

I definitely recommend reading this adorable book to your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.

[Hayden Wier · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mom read this book to me when I was a baby.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Any book that encourages me to kiss my son in the middle of reading it gets 5 stars from me! Seriously this is very cute and sweet. Love all the Sandra Boynton books.

[Hendrix · Rating 5 out of 5]

My mommy read/sang this book to me and our snuggle puppy, Obi. I love it! 🐶

[Matt Marshall · Rating 3 out of 5]

If free love is your thing, Snuggle Puppy is for you.

Kids are undoubtedly going to love the silliness of the book, but somebody please send me an audio or video link for how in the name of ZEUS' BUTTHOLE you are supposed to sing the song. Because every time I try, I feel like I'm speaking English for the very first time in my life. It feels so choppy and wrong. I can't be alone in this. It's very off-putting, especially considering that you sing the damn song at least a couple times during the course of this book.

3/5 as a book.

5/5 as a door stop.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all of Sandra Boynton's books, it's fun and sing-songy and blessedly short. When my kids bring me one of these books, I praise God for His goodness and Sandra for writing short books. Don't get me wrong...I like reading to my kids, but at the end of a long day I just want to rest.

Snuggle puppy is all about snuggling with your kids and telling them how much you love them. If that's what you're looking for, give it a try!

[Alison Strandell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short and sweet love song you can sing in funny ways to your kiddos. :)

[Ashlee Thomas Watt · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE CUTEST BOOK. I love reading it to my son!

[Hannah Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 ⭐️ +1 ⭐️ for maddie’s performance

[Connor Ferguson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tessa broke out into song and dance right before bedtime. Now she’ll never go to sleep

[Bam cooks the books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, THIS one is our favorite! I made up a tune to go with the words and my grandson runs to get the book whenever he hears me singing it. Gets grandma hugs and kisses every time. :-)

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute little song about parental love breaks out of Sandra Boynton's Philadelphia Chickens songbook for its own adorable little board book.

Listen to Eric Stoltz sing the song here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rvxx...

[Jason Dillingham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute, charming, and fun to sing. We bought this book for our firstborn maybe 2 years ago and we'll still break out in song at random (no shame). It's a fun book that gives you excuses to give your little one a nice kiss on top of their head, or into their cheek (cuz it's in the lyrics), and we got more and more dramatic with the last "Oooooooooo! I love you!" Would highly recommend.

[Evianrei · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son got this book as a valentines gift from his grandmother, and after reading it to him once I find myself singing the song all over the house to him. He loves it! Cute little illustrations and super easy song to read (it will get stuck in your head! But that's not a bad thing.

[Lauren Raimondi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ben’s favorite book so far! It has a song to sing, cute illustrations and is just plain adorable.

[Roberta Decenzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little love tune! There’s no preset tune to sing the story to but I found a tune came naturally. Over all cute and perfect for the little one you love!

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s no Barnyard Dance, but this is a very sweet book.

[Audric the Illiterate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Any book that requires me to suffer through my mother’s singing is going to automatically lose a couple stars.

[Mary Chase Mize · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this to Addison 14 times in a row tonight, and that is no exaggeration.

[GabbieGossip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baby girl loved this! The singing aspect definitely leveled this book above the others in her bookshelf 💓

[Nathan Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

10 out of 10, would read again! Thanks to my niece Lucy for the recommendation 😁

[Devon Rafanelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m babysitting plz let me live

[Mackenzie Ferguson · Rating 3 out of 5]

didn’t have enough time to warm up my singing voice, overall cute

[Robert DiRe · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the few songs my children have authorized me to sing

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t think the text on this one flows nearly as well as most of Boynton’s other work. My kids like the kiss part.

[Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess I just like it

[JT Olszewski]

I have never read this book or any by Sandra Boynton so I was very interested when I found it in the library to try it out, and I really did enjoy it. I really like the art work the illustrator did for this book, It really grabbed my attention and it did not have any cool art work under the dust page but that really would of been a cool addition to the book. I liked the message in the book too that no matter what happens your mother will still love you.

[Lgordo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our 12m baby was expressing a concerning disinterest in literature. He wasn't interested in lifting flaps, stroking textures, animal noises, songs between covers, or any of the usual gateway genres for the small set. We were concerned for his future in a hyperliterate society.

Snuggle Puppy save us! It turns out his literary genre is adoration. For a month, this was the only book he'd allow us to sing to him, complete with snuggles and kisses. Then, slowly, he started to tolerate -- and with time, appreciate -- a small shelf of books. Thank you Sandra Boynton for saving our child's future!

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love sing-reading this to my daughter!

[Sylvie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This reminds me of my dogs Magic and Sparky. I love them.