If Wendell Had a Walrus
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In this heartwarming story about friendship and imagination, a boy named Wendell dreams of getting a pet walrus. Together, they’d ride bikes, tell jokes, and have a grand time. If only he could find one!
But looking for a walrus turns out to be its own adventure, one with an unexpected and happy result.
Acclaimed author Lori Mortensen and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Matt Phelan have created a sweet, playful, memorable book in If Wendell Had a Walrus that kids are sure to request again and again.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A number of the most beloved tales feature enchantingly oversized animal companions. In Mortensen's (Chicken Lily) latest, protagonist Wendell has a walrus friend who meets these qualifications yet exists in Wendell's imagination. Wendell imagines exchanging silly riddles with his walrus ("What do walruses like to chew?" "Blubber gum"), drawing pictures together, and making forts with cardboard; they'd have "the most stupendiferous, cosmically colossal best time of their lives." Light, soft lines and gently tinted artwork by Phelan (Snow White) suggest otherwise as the walrus's big tusks skewer Wendell's drawings and his sheer bulk makes kite-flying difficult. When Wendell throws a friendly invitation in a bottle into the sea and discovers another boy standing on the next rock over, his curiosity is piqued. "Walrus?" asks Wendell. "Whale," says the boy, named Morrell. In the end, it turns out that Morrell is exactly the friend Wendell has been looking for all along and he doesn't have any pesky tusks. Ages 4 8. Author's)
