"A Porcupine Named Fluffy" Book by Helen Lester

This cute story is about a young porcupine that is named Fluffy. He tries to find out what there is that is fluffy that he is like. A cloud? Marsmellows? Whipped Cream? Fluffy's name is a source of sorrow to the sharp-quilled youngster, until he meets and befriends a rhinoceros named--Hippo!

 

"The humor is just absurd enough to make the picture-book set howl along with Hippo and Fluffy." New York Times Book Review

 

"Lynn Munsinger's drawings hilariously illustrate an already funny story." Children's Book Review Service

 

32 pages

Target Age: Preschool to Grade 3

Reading Level: 2.4