Laugh your whiskers off with Albert the Gnome in this charming and funny picture book about friendship, self-acceptance, and beards!
A beard is the biggest point of pride for a Gnome, but poor Al can't sprout a single whisker. Each year, Al feels left out of the Beards International Gnome-athalon, B.I.G.
So, Al decides to go BIG or go Gnome! It's a close shave, but with a hidden talent and the help of his friend, Gnorm, Al learns accepting that you are different is the key to fitting in.
"Even readers not hip to the various puns will find the array of extravagantly sculptured facial hair on display chortle-worthy . . . or, as Gnorm puts it, "gnome-tastic!"
Booklist
"Offers younger readers clear enough hope that it's OK to be different."
Kirkus Reviews
"Debut illustrator Horton ... achieves a fine blend of the comic and the pretty in her mixed-media drawings."
