Sophie's Squash
$42.42
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2013
Summary
Every kid has adored an inanimate object. But what happens if it isn’t a toy or a doll, but a squash named Bernice?
Kids will love this playful story of a unique fall friendship between a girl … and her squash!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Century. One of Slate’s 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years.
On a trip to the farmers’ market with her parents, Sophie chooses a squash, but instead of letting her mom cook it, she names it Bernice. From then …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307978967 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0307978966 |
| Author: | Pat Zietlow Miller, Anne Wilsdorf |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 263mm x 213mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Sophie's Squash |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
“In a perfect blend of story and art, the humorous watercolor-and-ink illustrations are bursting with color and energy on every page… This is a paean to love and friendship, which can come in all species, shapes, and sizes.”–Booklist, starred review
“With lessons on life, love, and vegetable gardening, this tale will be cherished by children, and their parents will be happy to read it to them often.”–School Library Journal, starred review
“Sensitive but funny… Miller’s easygoing storytelling taps into the familiar scenario of children making fierce attachments to favorite objects.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review
“This season-spanning turn with high-spirited Sophie offers endearing lessons about nurture and regeneration.”–Kirkus Review, starred review
About The Author
Pat Zietlow Miller
Pat Zietlow Miller received an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor for Sophie’s Squash, her picture book debut, which was published to four starred reviews and named a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. The book is based on a true story-Pat’s own daughter, Sonia, once loved a squash. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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