Nothing Like a Puffin - Hardcover
There's nothing like this book! Bold, charming artwork enlivens a fun and clever game of compare-and-contrast for curious kids and puffin lovers alike.
A puffin is an amazing creature. It's completely unique and one-of-akind. A ladder is nothing like a puffin. A house is nothing like a puffin. A newspaper is nothing like a puffin. . . . But wait! Who would have guessed? Could these things be more alike than you think? Young children will love following this mischievous puffin in an entertaining exercise in creative classification— and are guaranteed to start looking at everyday things in a whole new way.
A puffin is an amazing creature. It's completely unique and one-of-akind. A ladder is nothing like a puffin. A house is nothing like a puffin. A newspaper is nothing like a puffin. . . . But wait! Who would have guessed? Could these things be more alike than you think? Young children will love following this mischievous puffin in an entertaining exercise in creative classification— and are guaranteed to start looking at everyday things in a whole new way.
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About the Author:
Sue Soltis is a published poet. About Nothing Like a Puffin, her first picture book, she says, “Writing this book was a great exercise in logic. Plus I loved thinking about puffins, with their bright beaks and neat dives. Someday, I hope to see one fly!” Sue Soltis lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Bob Kolar is the author-illustrator of Big Kicks. He has illustrated many other books for young readers, including AlphaOops! The Day Z Went First and AlphaOops! H Is for Halloween, both by Alethea Kontis. Bob Kolar lives in Missouri.
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Bob Kolar is the author-illustrator of Big Kicks. He has illustrated many other books for young readers, including AlphaOops! The Day Z Went First and AlphaOops! H Is for Halloween, both by Alethea Kontis. Bob Kolar lives in Missouri.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title
Chickadee Award Nominee (The Maine Children's Choice Book Project)
A University of Wisconsin CCBC Choices 2012 Book
★ ". . . (An) engaging, cheerful and astonishingly simple taxonomic exercise, filled with humor and a dynamic conversational style both visual and textual . . . ." -Kirkus Reviews
". . . (Kolar's) restrained palette reinforces the similarities Soltis so effectively uncovers. . . . Delightful, thought-provoking fun." -Publisher's Weekly
". . . (an) entertaining story. . . be prepared to read this one again and again." -The Horn Book
"...children will easily connect with the gleeful and confident puffin. A fun, thought-provoking look at how we classify the world around us." -Booklist
"....Is a puffin like a shovel, a helicopter, or a snake?.... after succumbing to this book’s charming inner logic, your kids will invariably say, "Of course it is!" –Time Out New York Kids
A Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title
Chickadee Award Nominee (The Maine Children's Choice Book Project)
A University of Wisconsin CCBC Choices 2012 Book
★ ". . . (An) engaging, cheerful and astonishingly simple taxonomic exercise, filled with humor and a dynamic conversational style both visual and textual . . . ." -Kirkus Reviews
". . . (Kolar's) restrained palette reinforces the similarities Soltis so effectively uncovers. . . . Delightful, thought-provoking fun." -Publisher's Weekly
". . . (an) entertaining story. . . be prepared to read this one again and again." -The Horn Book
"...children will easily connect with the gleeful and confident puffin. A fun, thought-provoking look at how we classify the world around us." -Booklist
"....Is a puffin like a shovel, a helicopter, or a snake?.... after succumbing to this book’s charming inner logic, your kids will invariably say, "Of course it is!" –Time Out New York Kids
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- PublisherCandlewick
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0763636177
- ISBN 13 9780763636173
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages40
- IllustratorKolar Bob
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