Review Quotes: "Readers will be thinking only that they're ready to start this delightful book again." -- The Horn Book Review Quotes: "Snappy vocabulary and wordplay shine... a rhyming read-aloud with an infectious beat. A hilariously odd storytime pick." ─ Kirkus Reviews Review Quotes: "Delightfully silly..." -- School Library Journal Review Quotes: "All the world's a 'stache in this enthusiastic follicular fantasy. In a world that frequently insists on conformity, this hair-raising work insists on letting one's 'stache fly." - Publishers Weekly Review Quotes: "Quirky and amusing contribution to children's literature... Watkins offers delightful wordplay. Youngsters as well as their adults will get a kick out of the many unexpected locations of the hairy adornment." -- Booklist Biographical Note: Rowboat Watkins was a recipient of the Sendak Fellowship and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, but you can also visit him at rowboatwatkins.com. He may or may not have a mustache. Review Quotes: ★ -- "A delightfully rhythmic, rib-tickling picture book."-- Shelf Awareness, Starred Review Publisher Marketing: From the wild imagination of Rowboat Watkins, author of Rude Cakes and Go-Go Guys, comes a riotous read-aloud about every kind of mustache imaginable! Hip, hip, HOORAY-stache! It's your lucky day-stache! Join Mouse and Moose in a mustache-mania world packed with silly rhymes and playful illustrations--perfect for building early reading skills, nurturing a love of language, and keeping readers laughing along the way. Sit down and stay-stache! And read this book right AWAY-stache! SUPER-FUN READ-ALOUD: Rowboat Watkins's uniquely funny children's books make for read-aloud and read-along fun, for both family and classroom reading time. The pure silliness of the words and pictures will delight young readers. READING & LANGUAGE SKILLS: The creative vocabulary and rhythmic text are great for helping kids develop an understanding and love of language. The illustrations and hilarious story are perfect for engaging new and emerging readers. ACCLAIMED CREATOR: Rowboat is known for such favorites as Ezra Jack Keats Book Award-winner Rude Cakes, Mabel: A Mermaid Fable, Most Marshmallows, and Pete With No Pants. His work has been called "refreshingly irreverent" (The New York Times), "zany" (The Boston Globe), and "magnificent" (Publishers Weekly). Perfect for: Parents, grandparents, and caregivers looking for fun books to share with kids Teacher read-aloud book for preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade classrooms Early and emergent readers seeking books that will keep them engaged Fans of Rowboat Watkins Gift-giving to readers who enjoy books by Dr. Seuss, Bill Martin, Jr., Adam Rex, Mo Willems, and Mac Barnett Review Citations: Shelf Awareness 12/30/0001 (EAN 9781797233918, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/19/2026 (EAN 9781797233918, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2026 (EAN 9781797233918, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2026 pg. 56 (EAN 9781797233918, Hardcover) Booklist 04/01/2026 (EAN 9781797233918, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2026 pg. 42 (EAN 9781797233918, Hardcover) Author: Watkins, RowboatPublisher: Chronicle BooksBinding: HardcoverPub Date: 2026-04-07BISAC: Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories|Juvenile Fiction / Interactive Adventures|Juvenile Fiction / Imagination & PlaySubjects: Mustaches|Animals|Humorous fiction|Fiction|Picture booksWeight: 1.0 lbsISBN: 9781797233918ASIN: -SKU: SP-9781797233918
