Out of Nowhere
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- 4,49 €
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- 4,49 €
Publisher Description
*AUDIO ENHANCED EDITION WITH READ-ALOUD AUDIO, MUSIC, AND TEXT HIGHLIGHTING*
Beetle and Caterpillar are best friends. Every day, they sit together on a big rock, sharing a picnic and looking out over the forest. But one day, Caterpillar goes missing and, try as he might, Beetle cannot find her. Just as he is about to give up hope, a very friendly (and rather familiar) butterfly appears out of nowhere. Can it be his friend? She might look different but she is still just the same and they are together again, at last.
*This special edition comes with read-loud audio and text highlighting.*
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Against simple yet striking grayscale landscapes, Naylor-Ballesteros offers a gentle tale of friendship between a round-eyed black horned beetle narrator and a red caterpillar. Every day, the pals picnic; every night, they "watch the moon come up together." That is, until one morning, when the caterpillar disappears (a red chrysalis hanging from the overlook provides an impeccable illustration of dramatic irony). Determined to rescue its friend, the beetle buckles on a picnic basket and sets off toward spots of red in the forest. Though the beetle's initial identification proves a misconstruction, a spotted red butterfly soon appears. Naylor-Ballesteros's prose is conversational and gently humorous, as in the beetle's bravery song: "Oh, I'm a beetle and, er... haven't you heard?/ I'll keep singing till... till I run out of words!" Graphite strokes offer rich texture against spare backgrounds in this tale that emphasizes friendship's ability to withstand change. Ages 4–8.
