Small Fry - Hardcover

Adoff, Jaime

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525469354 ISBN 13: 9780525469353

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2008

Synopsis

Whether it's getting picked last for the team or being able to go on the ride at the amusement park, the highs and lows of being the little guy in the group is captured in this inspirational tale about growing up that demonstrates that good things can come in little packages.

About this title

About the Author:

Jaime Adoff lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Mike Reed lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3—These 19 poems use different first-person narrators to explore the stigmas (and the benefits) of being short. Optimism reverberates heavily throughout the rhymes. One not-so-tall boy describes his talent for hitting home runs, while another's father solves a movie-viewing crisis with a few volumes of the encyclopedia. Many of the resolutions are too unrealistic to offer much comfort, such as when the school bully demands a boy's lunch money and mistakes Monopoly cash for the real thing. Colorful and textured illustrations add to the peppy text by featuring a diverse cast of children thoroughly enjoying sports, family, friends, and food in spite of the desire to be taller. This book may struggle to find an audience as those who are frustrated by their diminutive stature will find its relentless cheeriness dismissive and difficult to relate to.—Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0525469354
• ISBN 13: 9780525469353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32