I Won a What?
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
The hilarious and heartwarming story of a boy who tries to win a goldfish and winds up with FAR more than he bargained for . . .
A young boy wins a humongous new pet at the carnival, and before long, they become fast friends. But his parents are skeptical. After all, Nuncio doesn’t even fit in the house! Will the gargantuan goldfish have to go? Or will the family find a way to give him the home he deserves?
Fans of Sparky will flip for this whale of a tale from Audrey Vernick, author of Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? and featuring illustrations from Wow! City! illustrator Robert Neubecker.
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After Vernick's unnamed narrator inadvertently wins a whale at a carnival, the boy's fair-minded parents allow him to bring Nuncio home on a "trial basis." Fortunately, they already have an "enormous swimming pool" for the hulking blue whale to occupy. Vernick (First Grade Dropout) and Neubecker (The Problem with Not Being Scared of Kids) play the situation for both laughs and touching "aww" moments from start to finish, with the artist's characteristically bold illustrations readily complementing the humor of Vernick's writing. The corners of Nuncio's smile peek out of the water as the boy and his parents arrive with wheelbarrows of seafood for him to eat (Neubecker dutifully x's out the eyes of every fish and octopus), and the boy has a bit of trouble describing the precise lilt of Nuncio's song ("At first I think it's a musical cow. Or a broken, slowed-down siren. Possibly a hurt donkey"). Sweet without turning saccharine, it's proof that the best kinds of love can come from the most unexpected places. Ages 3 7.
