Lizard from the Park
$61.71
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2015
Summary
A lonely boy’s new pet grows into a rather large dilemma-and a Thanksgiving parade offers an uplifting solution-in this charming tale from the author of The Boy and the Airplane and The Girl and the Bicycle.
When Leonard takes a shortcut through the park, he finds an egg and takes it home, where it hatches into a lizard (or so Leonard thinks). Leonard names his new pet Buster and takes him all around the city: on the subway, to the library, to a baseball game, and more.
But Bu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781442483217 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1442483210 |
| Author: | Mark Pett |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 290mm x 224mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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“Youngsters will want to sit with this book and read it often. The illustrations will have them looking closer at the story and discovering new things with each reading.”
“Youngsters will want to sit with this book and read it often. The illustrations will have them looking closer at the story and discovering new things with each reading.” * School Library Connection * “A sweet story of friendship and life’s hidden wonders.” * Booklist * “A sweet and subtle offering that lets readers discover new things about the story on each rereading.” * School Library Journal * “As independent as Max and Ruby, as creative as purple-crayon-wielding Harold, and as dedicated a friend as Charlotte’s Wilbur, Leonard will delight kids of all ages, regardless of habitat.” * Kirkus Reviews [STARRED REVIEW] *
About The Author
Mark Pett
Cartoonist Mark Pett’s varied and worldly experiences include teaching English and “skewering Czech political figures” as an editorial cartoonist in Prague; teaching sixth grade in rural Mississippi (a stint that later inspired his”Mr. Lowe” strip); and working as a freelance cartoonist. In 2003, high school art students in Indianola, Miss., worked with Mark to turn a “Lucky Cow” strip into the World’s Largest Comic Strip (as certified by Guinness). Mark now lives in the Mississippi Delta with his wife and their dogs.
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