I Ruff You

I ruff you more than words can say. I ruff you in the biggest way. I Ruff You by Sandra Magsamen is a tail-waggingly sweet puppy love story that takes the most beloved four-letter word in the English language and gives it the most adorable, most pun-perfect twist imaginable — with soft plush doggie ears right on the cover that babies and toddlers will reach for, pet, and return to with the same delighted enthusiasm that only the softest, most touchable, most genuinely irresistible novelty board books inspire. From Sandra Magsamen, the bestselling creator of over 30 baby and toddler books with more than 3 million copies sold worldwide, I Ruff You is the puppy-themed love story that is as cuddly to hold as it is sweet to read — a perfect little book for everyone who loves dogs, loves love, and loves the most tail-wagging way to say it.

Book Details

• Title | I Ruff You
• Author | Sandra Magsamen — bestselling creator of 30+ baby and toddler books with 3 million+ copies sold worldwide
• Publisher | Cartwheel Books / Scholastic
• Publication Date | November 2016
• Format | Novelty board book — paper over board, 10 pages, 5⅞ x 5⅞ inches
• Tactile Feature | Soft plush doggie ears on the cover — irresistibly pettable and completely impossible for little hands to resist
• Theme | A puppy love story — tail-wagging, pun-filled, and overflowing with Sandra Magsamen’s signature warmth and heart
• Illustrations | Cuddly animal illustrations with Sandra Magsamen’s signature message of love
• Age Range | Ages 3–5, Pre-K through Kindergarten — and absolutely anyone who has ever loved a puppy
• Opening Lines | “I ruff you more than words can say. I ruff you in the biggest way.”

Why Kids Love It

• The soft plush doggie ears on the cover of I Ruff You are the tactile feature that makes this book completely irresistible from the very first moment a child sees it — ears that are genuinely soft, genuinely pettable, and genuinely impossible to put down once little hands have found them, giving this sweet puppy love story the same can’t-stop-touching-it quality that makes the best novelty board books the ones children carry around, sleep with, and bring to every read-aloud session for years
• The I-ruff-you puppy pun is the kind of perfectly chosen wordplay that makes children giggle, parents smile, and everyone in the room feel the exact combination of warmth and delight that only the most cleverly conceived children’s books achieve — a book whose title alone communicates everything about the tone, the humor, and the love inside, and whose opening lines “I ruff you more than words can say, I ruff you in the biggest way” land with the kind of tail-wagging joy that makes it the book every dog-loving family immediately claims as their own
• At 5⅞ x 5⅞ inches, I Ruff You is the most perfectly sized, most pocket-friendly, most little-hands-ready of the Sandra Magsamen novelty books — a square, compact, completely cuddleable little book that is easy to carry, easy to gift, easy to tuck into a basket alongside a stuffed puppy or a dog-themed toy, and completely impossible to resist for anyone who has ever watched a toddler discover the plush ears on the cover for the very first time

Perfect For

• Babies, toddlers, and young children ages 3–5 who love puppies, dogs, animals, and the kind of soft-eared, pun-filled, tail-waggingly sweet novelty board book that makes every read-aloud feel like a shared giggle and every cover feel like a puppy waiting to be petted — a Sandra Magsamen Cartwheel Books love story with plush doggie ears, cuddly illustrations, and the most adorable I-ruff-you message imaginable
• A perfect baby shower gift, birthday gift, holiday gift, Valentine’s Day gift, and any-occasion love note for little dog lovers everywhere — and the ideal third title in a complete Sandra Magsamen collection alongside Peek-A-Boo I Love You and I’m Wild About You! for families who want to collect every form of Magsamen love from peek-a-boo to wild to ruff
• Petting, giggling, reading, and ruffing in the biggest way — plush ear by puppy pun, tail-wag by love — the most dog-loving, most pettably-eared, most I-ruff-you-perfect novelty board book in the boutique