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  • Published: 13 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593488454
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $12.99

Love Stinks!




Can a skunk find love? Kids will LOVE reading this sweet and funny Comic Reader—combining the trusted learning tools of Step into Reading with the kid favorite comic panels and word balloons!

Can a skunk find love? Kids will LOVE reading this sweet and funny Comic Reader—combining the trusted learning tools of Step into Reading with the kid favorite comic panels and word balloons!

Frog love.
Fly love.
Where is my love?
Everywhere he goes it seems like all the other animals have someone to love . . . except for Skunk. Even gnats and snails and bats and whales have partners by their sides. Will Skunk find love?

Comic readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue! Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics. 

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired picture clues help children decode the story.

  • Published: 13 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593488454
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $12.99

About the author

Diana Murray

Diana Murray is the author of One Snowy Day of which the Tulsa Book Review wrote: “Youngsters will love this book and so will the adults who read it to them." Diana grew up in New York and still lives nearby with her family. Visit her online at dianamurray.com.

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Praise for Love Stinks!

About Step into Reading Comic Readers, Jennifer and Matt Holm (creators of Babymouse, Squish, and many more award-winning books) say:
“Psst . . . you’re looking at the Super Secret Weapon of Reading. It’s called comics.”

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