PeeWee's Tale (Park Pals Adventure) - Softcover

Hurwitz, Johanna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587171112 ISBN 13: 9781587171116

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2001

Synopsis

When his owner's parents let him go in Central Park, a young guinea pig learns to survive in the natural world with the help of a "park-wise" squirrel while trying to find his way back home. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Johanna Hurwitz is the award-winning author of many popular books for young readers, including Class Clown and Rip-Roaring Russell. She has received a number of child-chosen state awards, including the Texas Bluebonnet Award and the Kentucky Bluegrass Award. Ms. Hurwitz lives in Great Neck, New York, and Wilmington, Vermont.

From Publishers Weekly:

A guinea pig narrates Hurwitz's (One Small Dog) endearing story of the furry fellow's adventures in New York's Central Park. Nine-year-old Robbie, though disappointed when his uncle gives him a guinea pig rather than a puppy for his birthday ("I ran around inside my cage, trying to act like a puppy," says the narrator), soon grows fond of PeeWee. Not so his skittish mother who, one day while Robbie is at a sleepover, instructs her husband to set the critter loose in Central Park. PeeWee is at loose ends in this alien environment, but his new pal, Lexi the squirrel, passes on survival strategies (e.g., "Don't count your nuts until they are shelled"). PeeWee responds in kind by using his unorthodox skill: he learned to read from his mother, who lived in a cage in a schoolroom, and warns Lexi about the city's plan to cut down the tree that Lexi calls home. Through PeeWee's perspective, Hurwitz delivers some humorous and insightful observations about the urban outdoors and brings the tale to a satisfying resolution. Brewster's engaging, black-and-white spot art will draw readers into this story, and the smaller-than-average trim size complements its diminutive star. Ages 7-10. (Oct.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1587171112
• ISBN 13: 9781587171116
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104
• Illustrator: Brewster Patience