Solved! Children’s picture book — circa 2008

[lastharper]

Please help — I’m looking for a hardback children’s illustrated book. I don’t believe there were any words. It followed a day in the life of a baby raccoon and his/her mother, and I think it included a trip to the seaside. I think a lot of the colors were in a blue spectrum, and the art was realistic (I mean, for raccoons wearing clothes that is).

My search game is pretty bad because I mostly pull up The Kissing Hand (which is great, but not the book I’m looking for). I say it was about 2008 because I saw it in a bookstore at the same time as “The New Bear at School” which was published in 2008, and I got the feeling they were both being featured as new books.

The story reminds me a lot of how much my mom loved me as a kid and how she showed that, so I’m looking for it now that she’s getting elderly because I want her to know how much I love her. I believe it’s out of print.

Thank you.

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[leecetheartist]

Is it this one? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7862647-little-raccoon-goes-to-the-beach


See if any of these images trigger a memory https://www.pinterest.com.au/search/pins/?q=raccoon%20children%27s%20book&rs=typed&term_meta[]=raccoon%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=children%27s%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=book%7Ctyped

It's a tricky one!

Solved!

[(Anonymous)]

Those image links have solved it! It was buried down a ways, but one of the Pinterest children's book art images rang a bell which led to the illustrator, Christopher Denise, which led to the book itself:

"If I Could" by Susan Milord (Illus. Christopher Denise)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3273027-if-i-could

I can't tell you how grateful I am--thank you!

Re: Solved!

[leecetheartist]

Yay! I am delighted to hear that!

[leecetheartist]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58489.Little_Raccoon_s_Big_Question possible?

[lastharper]

Dang, wasn't logged in -- the question is solved, thank you so much!

[leecetheartist]

All good!

[calzephyr]

Yay! Glad you found the book.