Reviews for Best Frints in the Whole Universe

by Antoinette Portis

Kirkus
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Occasional disagreements and the need to mend a friendship are universal challenges.Omek and Yelfred sport the gap-toothed look of human 5- and 6-year-olds, but with sharper teeth. They are neon-berry coloredYelfred is purple and Omek is pinkand they have tadpolelike tails and antennae. They have grown up together, eating together and playing eye ball, "best frints since they were little blobbies" among the bright and toothy landscapes of their far-off planet, Boborp. But when Yelfred rides up in a sleek new spossip, a blurfday gift, Omek longs to take it for a spin and won't take no for an answer. As young readers might predict, the spossip gets shmackled. Yelfred is furious, and Omek is hardly contrite: "It was that way when I got it." Tail biting and harsh words ensue. "Frints on Boborp have been known to use their teef and not their words. (Not like here on planet Earth)," Portis notes wryly. But a dtente follows quickly, involving work with a spewdriver and copious amounts of taypo and twire applied to hold the vehicle together. Portis' bright, odd landscapes, flora and fauna digitally colored in vibrant hues, and her two grinning friends are all sweetly demented and irresistible. An illustrated glossary appears on the endpapers and invites giggles, imitation, and the addition of Boborpian to languages spoken at home.Cosmically delightful. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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