Who Wants a Tortoise?
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
"A sweet read-aloud for first-time tortoise owners." --Kirkus, starred review
Could there be any better pet than a puppy? One young girl is about to find out. From beloved author Dave Keane and acclaimed illustrator K.G. Campbell, a laugh-out-loud story of unexpected friendship!
When the spunky, loveable narrator receives a tortoise for her birthday, instead of the cuddly puppy she’s longed for her entire life, she’s more than a little disappointed. But while her new lump of a pet isn’t what she dreamed of, it doesn’t take long—between tortoise-on-skateboard walks, sparkly shell makeovers, and a lemonade stand selling chances to hold a real life tortoise—for the little girl to change her mind—sort of. But when her pet goes missing, all she wants is to be reunited with her new best friend.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Learn to love the one you're with, Keane (Daddy Adventure Day) suggests in a story about a girl who gets a tortoise for her birthday. She desperately wanted a puppy, but her father is allergic to dogs. Campbell's (Dylan the Villain) softly tinted watercolor-and-colored-pencil drawings say plenty about the girl's emotions as she marches off, lower lip protruding, arms crossed, sent for a time-out after sassing her father ("Did you ever think I might be allergic to a dumb tortoise?"). Campbell captures the girl's scowl when her mother scolds her for decorating the creature's shell (and even painting its nails), and then her dignified stride as she takes her tortoise for his first walk. By the time the tortoise gets lost in the yard, the girl's distress makes it evident that she has found a way to love her pet and that the name Rover is appropriate for him, too. Carefully tracing the emotional journey from disappointment to love, Keane and Campbell allow readers wrestling with their own frustrations to imagine what change feels like. Ages 5 8.
