Sparky!

By Jenny Offill

Book Overview

The ingenious author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore and a brilliant illustrator and production designer of the Coraline movie have created a hilarious, touching picture book perfect for young animal lovers. Like the Caldecott Medal-winning Officer Buckle and Gloria, Sparky stars a pet who has more to offer than meets the eye. When our narrator orders a sloth through the mail, the creature that arrives isn't good at tricks or hide-and-seek . . . or much of anything. Still, there's something about Sparky that is irresistible. Winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375870237
• ISBN13: 9780375870231
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Adorable children's book!

The illustrations in this book are wonderful and whimsical, and the story about a sloth for a pet is engaging and entertaining. I bought it as a gift for a nephew, along with a small sloth stuffie to go with it and he LOVES the book! So I am now going to purchase a copy for us.