To nourish the love of language-its music and its surprise-Harvard professor Robert Kegan appeals to all a young child's appetites- the fascination with animals, the preoccupation with food, the delight in the incongruous. Kegan s clever text and Walsh s evocative watercolors introduce the young child to the classic form of The Joke a set up ( My palominos ) and a punchline ( love jalapenos! ). They can t resist telling it over and over. My Antelope Loves Cantaloupe is the Raffi of picture books. An earworm of affectionate silliness, it will become a part of the family s shared language. This book may start your child on a path to Harvard, or giggles, or both.
