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ALA Recap
This past week, our founder and owner Heather Zahn Gardner attended ALA in Anaheim. There were so many amazing authors and publishers present it was impossible to meet them all but she did meet a few…
Illustrator for One Cool Friend, David Small signing at the Penguin Young Readers booth
E.B. Lewis, illustrator of Under the Baobab Tree signing our book at the Zondervan booth
Bestselling author James Dashner singed both the 13th Reality series and his newest The Infinity Ring
My daughter said ALA was her dream come true. The nice people at Scholastic gave her an ARC of
Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay which she fell asleep reading that night
And I got my picture taken with Clifford the Big Red Dog, on loan from the Scholastic Store! Overall, we had a blast. Watch for reviews of the books we bought and picked up coming soon.
Squidge: Little Elf, Little Bear Part Two
Squidge: Little Elf, Little Bear Part Two
by Andrew Thomas
Kindle Edition, 15 pages
Published: December 8, 2011
by Proving House
ASIN: B006K3HX9M
Book Source: Bought
4 Stars
Book Description: How far would you go to help a friend?
Squidge and his new friend set off on a BIG adventure. They must cross icy seas and snowy mountains to help a lost polar bear find his way home. Will Squidge, a little elf with a nose for trouble, be able to help? And who will they meet on the way?
Mary’s Review: Pack, pack, pack. What else would Squidge and Rumble need for their new adventure? Squidge didn’t know. All he knew was that as fast as he packed, Rumble unpacked.
Squidge was an elf or at least he would be when he grew up. Rumble was a baby polar he had befriended and promised to take care of until they could find Rumble’s mother. That’s what this new adventure is all about…finding Rumble’s mother.
They are confronted with an icy cold river and no boat to cross it.
They are hungry but have nothing for Rumble to eat.
They come to a very steep hole that Squidge can’t get down.
Come see how they manage to work through these problems and others they meet on their new adventure. See how they learn that through team work and ingenuity they can work through anything.
The illustrations are wonderfully cute and colorful.
I recommend this book for ages 5-8.
About the Author: Andrew Thomas is a primary school teacher in London, England.
Andrew Thomas, a primary school teacher, has been a working with children for the past decade, making up stories and sharing them with his class. He has written the ‘Squidge’ series of books and continues to add to the story of this little elf with a big personality. He lives in London, England, with his wife and son. This is his first series of books
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