Summary
Monkey and Fox are each stranded on an island, but their situations couldn’t be more different. Monkey’s island is a dessert island, made of chocolate, fruit, and other delicious things. Fox’s island is a desert island, made of dirt, rocks, and sand.
But as time goes on, their fortunes gradually flip, and Monkey and Fox come together to learn that no animal is an island.
This wonderfully layered story has themes of consumption and conservation at its center, and wraps up with …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250763303 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250763304 |
| Author: | Ben Zhu |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 486g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 254mm |
| Audience Age: | 3 |
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Critics Review
“Ben Zhu offers a charming and thoughtful debut about turning lemons into lemonade.” –Dan Santat, Caldecott winning author of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
“This picture-book debut blends poignant themes of sharing and selflessness… a beautiful and universal message of kindness and community.” –School Library Journal, starred review
“A page-turner … with an ending that is certifiably sweet.” –Publishers Weekly
“A guileless parable about having your cake and eating it too.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Ben Zhu offers a charming and thoughtful debut about turning lemons into lemonade.” –Dan Santat, Caldecott winning author of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
“Viewers… will appreciate the spare, repetitive phrasing of the dialogue-only text (“I can’t eat one more bite”), and they’ll want to try reading the easy words on their own. The main draw, though, are the illustrations, acrylic and colored pencil glowing with sunset colors and toy-store charm…” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“Zhu packs a rich story and message into remarkably few but carefully chosen words.” –Booklist
Ben Zhu
Ben Zhu is an illustrator who, after working in the video game industry, founded Gallery Nucleus in 2004, an art gallery and bookshop devoted to illustration, animation, and narrative art with locations in Los Angeles and Portland. Born in Beijing, he moved to the US at age seven and now lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and extremely old pet chow chow. Dessert Island is his first picture book.
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