Except Antarctica
$44.72
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2021
Summary
Featuring a rogue group of cheeky animals who love nothing more than a challenge and a flustered, helpless narrator, this is an hilariously meta picture book about animal habitats on every continent.
Turtles are found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica. But not for long! Follow along as a rogue group of determined animals embark on an adventure (and defy their flustered narrator in the process) in this funny animal picture book for kids!
When the narrator explains that turtl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781728233260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1728233267 |
| Author: | Todd Sturgell |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks Explore |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 290mm x 223mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“Sturgell depicts his animal travelers with some naturalism, adding the occasional playful detail and, once they realize what Antarctica is like, comically dismayed expressions.” - Booklist
“Snarky dialogue and the hapless narrator’s growing frustration add lots of humor to the engaging story…[a] well-executed and entertaining book.” - Horn Book
“Sturgell depicts his animal travelers with some naturalism, adding the occasional playful detail and, once they realize what Antarctica is like, comically dismayed expressions.” - Booklist
”[D]ebut creator Sturgell has a savvy sense of visual pacing, and the meta-comic repartee is spot-on.” - Publishers Weekly
“If you have young readers who are desperate to know what kind of animals can survive at the southern tip of the Earth, this is the book for them…a good read aloud option for kids between 4-8.” - Susan Harari, Youth Services Book Review
“Readers will laugh out loud at the animals’ recalcitrance and the narrator’s frustrations, all the while absorbing a great deal of information. Delightful and hilarious.” - Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review
Todd Sturgell
Todd Sturgell is an illustrator, author, and freelance art & creative director. In his previous career as a corporate advertising art director, he worked with national brands including The Home Depot, Hyundai, Red Lobster, and 7-11; in his current role, he focuses on local and regional clients including universities, museums, and music, food, arts, and wine festivals. He lives, hikes, draws, and watches nature documentaries in the North Carolina Mountains with his wife, daughters, and dog Max (named for a certain famous picture book character). He has not yet been to Antarctica.
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