What a Lucky Day!
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
"An A+ picture book debut" from PW Flying Starts author Jashar Awan
OH NO! BAD LUCK!
A black cat crossed my path!
I won’t catch anything today!
Four animals are off to the lake to go fishing, but each thinks the other will wreck their day.
Raccoons are thieves.
Frogs give you warts.
Storks deliver babies.
Wait. What?
Where did these crazy ideas come from?
As this wryly humorous and thoroughly satisfying tale shows, it’s a mistake to judge others on what you’ve heard—and there’s plenty of luck for everyone.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Four animal anglers head individually to a waterside dock, each hoping to catch some dinner. Based solely on superstition or misinformation, each is certain that other animals they run into will stymie their efforts at fishing. A stork, seeing a black cat, worries that bad luck will follow; the cat, running into a raccoon, is sure that the "masked bandit" will steal the fish. The raccoon believes that a frog will give him warts, and the frog hopes that the stork won't crowd the pier with infants. When fortune favors everyone with a fish "WHAT A LUCKY DAY!" the misconceptions are aired and corrected ("Warts are caused by a virus. Not by me," says the frog testily), prompting sheepish apologies and a communal fish feast. Cartoonist Awan makes an A+ picture book debut that warns against assumptions his boldly graphic pictures combine the pop and verve of classic WPA posters with a contemporary expression and top-notch comic timing. Ages 3 5.
