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One Cool Friend
2013
CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK! 2013 Notable Children's Book Dolly
Parton Imagination Library
Selection NEW YORK TIMES
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About the Book: "May I please have a penguin?"
That's
what Elliot asks his father on Family Fun Day
at the aquarium. His father thinks he MUST
mean a stuffed animal rather than a pet,
because he simply answers, "Sure!" and hands
over a twenty-dollar bill. And so begins the
sly, silly tale of an irresistible friendship.
Caldecott Medallist David Small and acclaimed
storyteller Toni Buzzeo revel in the
mischief--and kids will too!
Reviews and Awards
2013 Caldecott
Honor Book"Energetic line and dizzying perspective combine for a rollicking tale of Father, Elliot and a highly improbably pet (or two). Buzzeo's text, brimming with sly wordplay, earns its perfect counterpoint in Small's ink, watercolor and pencil illustrations with chilly details and visual jokes that invite many repeated readings." CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center) Choice 2013
New York Times
Best Seller! CCBE
(Cooperative Children’s Book Center) Choice 2013 2013-2014
Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award Nominee 2013-14
Red Clover Award (Vermont Picture Book Award) Nominee
2014
Grand Canyon Readers Award Nominee 2014
South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
2014
Illinois Monarch Award Nominee 2014
Nevada Young Readers Award Nominee (Picture Book
Category) Mackin
Select K-2 Starred Selection March 2012 Junior Library Guild Selection
Children's Book of the Month Club Main Selection Winter 2011-2012 Kids' Indie Next Selection
-- "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie
Booksellers" STARRED REVIEW "Though very much a
boy-and his-pet story, it's just as much about two
gentlemen who appear to be orbiting entirely
different planets. The revelation that they're not
so dissimilar after all is about as sweet as it
gets." ~ Publisher's
Weekly, 10-31-2011 STARRED
REVIEW "A real kid charmer that
will elicit "Read it again" responses." ~ School Library
Journal, 2-1-2012 "In line with Buzzeo's
elegantly spare text, Small uses neutral washes with
loosely drawn lines and highlights of restrained
color to depict the urbane lad and his equally
dapper companion making themselves comfortably at
home in upper-crust digs. A happy tale of domestic
amity, with a
well-set-up punchline." ~ Kirkus, 12-1-2011 "This charming picture book
has many humorous details throughout, and kids will likely
laugh out loud at the surprise
(particularly for father!) ending." ~Shelle
Rosenfeld, Booklist 1-1-12
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