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Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up

Hardback

Main Details

Title Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dave Eggers
Illustrated by Laura Park
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:80
Dimensions(mm): Height 222,Width 208
ISBN/Barcode 9780316485869
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Imprint Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication Date 14 May 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

Abner and Ian are stuck sideways on the pages of their debut picture book. They can't start the story like this! Ian is trying to be brave, despite his dizziness and fear of heights. But don't worry, because Abner has a plan: Readers will shake and turn the book until they get right side up! Sounds easy, right? Think again, because the real solution may be the opposite of what you'd expect. With the odd couple wit of Elephant & Piggie, the interactive appeal of Press Here, and a timeless charm all their own, Abner & Ian offer readers of all ages 80 pages of fast-paced fun.

Author Biography

Dave Eggers is the award-winning and bestselling author of many books, including the National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the King, as well as books for younger readers including What Can a Citizen Do?, Her Right Foot, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, and The Lifters. He is the founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney's and the nonprofit organization ScholarMatch, in addition to cofounding The International Congress of Youth Voices and 826 Valencia, which has inspired similar organizations worldwide. Eggers lives in Northern California. Laura Park is a cartoonist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in the Best American Comics, The Anthology of Graphic Fiction, The Paris Review, and on Saveur.com. Park is also the illustrator for two middle-grade kids' book series written by James Patterson, Middle School and I Funny. She is a member of the jam comics collective Trubble Club. Park currently lives in Lanas, France.

Reviews

An Amazon Best Book of the Month for Ages 3-5, May 2019 * Appealing. --School Library Connection, starred review *This comedic dilemma...will have children shouting at every shake of the book. Fans of Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie or Melanie Watts' Scaredy Squirrel books will find the collaboration of Eggers and Park's work to be equally appealing. Shaking to cause a change makes it interactive in the same manner as Tullet's Press Here (Chronicle 2011) or Matheson's Tap the Magic Tree (Greenwillow Books 2016).--School Library Connection [An] amusing, interactive story.--School Library Journal A mind changer for anyone who ever thought that reading was a sedate occupation.... Irresistible.--Booklist A very funny read-aloud.--Kirkus Reviews Funny and sympathetic.--Publishers Weekly