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Sparky!

Sparky! Hardcover - 2014

by Jenny Offill

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  • very good
  • Hardcover

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Random House Children's Books, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Details

  • Title Sparky!
  • Author Jenny Offill
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Signed & Dated F
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Children's Books, New York
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0375870237I4N00
  • ISBN 9780375870231 / 0375870237
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.7 x 9.3 x 0.5 in (24.64 x 23.62 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 520
  • Library of Congress subjects Pets, Sloths as pets
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012047196
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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From the publisher

Jenny Offill is the author of 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore, a Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, and 11 Experiments That Failed, also a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called “the most joyful and clever whimsy.”

CHRIS APPELHANS has worked on several films. He was an illustrator and production designer for Coraline, an environment designer Fantastic Mr. Fox, and a visual development artist for The Princess and the Frog. This is his first picture book. 

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2014, Page 57
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 03/01/2014, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2014, Page 69
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2014, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2014, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/16/2013, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2014, Page 122

About the author

Jenny Offill is the author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore, a Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, and 11 Experiments That Failed, also a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called "the most joyful and clever whimsy." Learn more at jennyoffill.com.

Chris Appelhans was selected as the Children's Choice Illustrator of the Year at the Children's Choice Book Awards for Sparky!, his first picture book. The book received two starred reviews, including one from Booklist declaring, "Appelhans is a revelation." Chris has also worked on several films, as an illustrator and a production designer for Coraline, an environment designer for Fantastic Mr. Fox, and a visual development artist for The Princess and the Frog.