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A Sick Day for Amos McGee
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee Hardcover - 2011

by Stead, Philip C

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover

In this Junior Library Guild selection, Amos McGee is too sick to make it to the zoo, so his animal friends decide to return the favor and visit him, making it the best sick day ever. Full color.

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New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2011. Book. Illus. by Erin E. Stead. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, large octavo in pictorial boards and non price-clipped matching pictorial dust-jacket. 32 pages. Illustrated throughout with color drawings by Erin E. Stead. Later printing (14th impression). No previous ownership marks. A nice copy of this Caldecott award winning children's book with their gold badge affixed to front dust-jacket panel. A clean, fresh, unmarked and near like new copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .
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  • Title A Sick Day for Amos McGee
  • Author Stead, Philip C
  • Illustrator Erin E. Stead
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Roaring Brook Press, New York
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 020853
  • ISBN 9781596434028 / 1596434023
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 9.5 x 0.5 in (21.84 x 24.13 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 02 to 06 years
  • Grade levels P - 1
  • Reading level 760
  • Themes
    • Character Trait: Caring
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Animals, Friendship
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010281493
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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  • Booklist, 05/01/2010, Page 92
  • BookPage, 06/01/2010, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2010, Page 72
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, 11/15/2010, Page 152
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 04/15/2010, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 11/07/2010, Page 34
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/10/2010, Page 1
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/08/2010, Page 32
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/2010, Page 92

About the author

Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead won the Caldecott Medal for A Sick Day for Amos McGee, their first book together. Philip is also the author and illustrator of Creamed Tuna Fish and Peas on Toast. They divide their time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and New York City.

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