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3 ⭐ This book is about a fire hydrant who thinks they‘re worth more than being peed on every day. They consider themselves a toilet. The illustrations are what really makes this book move. The words are a fire hydrant feeling like they‘re different and they deserve more than to be a dog toilet, but the illustration show that this fire hydrant is going to be used for what it was designed for in just a few more pages.

Good.

This is one of those emotional, feel-good stories that will stay with you for a long time! We need more people like Mrs. Kip and more books like this one!

I‘m looking forward to reading more books by this author! 💖💖

Lou would be a great book to read to children for a silly morning meeting read that also has an underlying important lesson. It could also be used for an older student who may be struggling with their sense of self.

Lou by Breanna Carzoo is a silly book about a fire hydrant named Lou, Lou worries that all they are meant for is being used as a toilet but they know they are meant for more. This book helps readers visually follow the story by the composition of the different shapes and colors. The illustrations look as if someone used construction paper to illustrate the book. It gives the book a unique and engaging design that would appeal to young readers.

I picked up this book after hearing the author on Peter Attia's The Drive podcast. I was intrigued by his ideas and hoped that in the book he might delve more into a common midlife transition for women, that of shifting priorities or starting a new career as the demands of childrearing diminish/all but disappear as kids become adults. In the end, the book doesn't contain much more than the podcast. ⬇️