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Language: English
Published by Union Square Kids, 2005
Series: Book 3 of 3 - Gilbert
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Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly.
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- Title
- Gilbert The Great
- Author
- Clarke, Jane
- Publisher
- Union Square Kids
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1402721692
- ISBN 13
- 9781402721694
- Illustrator
- Fuge, Charles
- Series
- Book 3 of 3: Gilbert
Critically lauded bestselling artist Charles Fuge (My Dad; Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball; I Know a Rhino; Found You Little Wombat!; It's a Monster Party) returns with a new, beautifully illustrated picture book on a subject that every child can relate to: how it feels to have a good friend move away.
Almost every child knows what it's like to move or to have a friend move away. With his dazzling undersea pictures in vibrant colors and a text full of heart and wit, Charles Fuge captures that sad feeling perfectly--and offers plenty of comfort, too. Ever since Gilbert the Great White Shark was a tiny pup, Raymond the Remora stuck to him like glue. Them, one day, Gilbert wakes to find his friend has left town to live somewhere new. "It's my fault," the little shark wails. "Last week I called him a sucker!" Nothing can console Gilbert: not his mother, not the funny clownfish, not his kind friends at school. Then he meets Rita, a disconsolate remora who has lost her shark. "I'd love to stick around with you," she smiles, as sunlight dances in her eyes. And that is the start of a beautiful new friendship.
It's another Charles Fuge winner.
Praise for Charles Fuge's Picture Books:
I Know a Rhino:
"[A] vivid rhyming picture book. The scenarios are all bright fun, and the ending is particularly satisfying. This will be a nice read-aloud for young children."--Booklist
"Fuge's bright, warmhearted and silly illustrations fill each spread....The playful, rhythmic text and bold pictures make this a surefire storytime hit. "--School Library Journal
Sometimes I like to Curl Up in a Ball:
"Buoyant and darling, charming and fun. This simple picture book will keep kids hopping."--School Library Journal.
"Fuge relishes the opportunity to show each [character] striving for a highly idiosyncratic personal best."--Publishers Weekly.
It's a Monster Party
"Fuge's colorfully imaginative illustrations make these lonely creatures endearing."--School Library Journal
Almost every child knows what it's like to move or to have a friend move away. With his dazzling undersea pictures in vibrant colors and a text full of heart and wit, Charles Fuge captures that sad feeling perfectly--and offers plenty of comfort, too. Ever since Gilbert the Great White Shark was a tiny pup, Raymond the Remora stuck to him like glue. Them, one day, Gilbert wakes to find his friend has left town to live somewhere new. "It's my fault," the little shark wails. "Last week I called him a sucker!" Nothing can console Gilbert: not his mother, not the funny clownfish, not his kind friends at school. Then he meets Rita, a disconsolate remora who has lost her shark. "I'd love to stick around with you," she smiles, as sunlight dances in her eyes. And that is the start of a beautiful new friendship.
It's another Charles Fuge winner.
Praise for Charles Fuge's Picture Books:
I Know a Rhino:
"[A] vivid rhyming picture book. The scenarios are all bright fun, and the ending is particularly satisfying. This will be a nice read-aloud for young children."--Booklist
"Fuge's bright, warmhearted and silly illustrations fill each spread....The playful, rhythmic text and bold pictures make this a surefire storytime hit. "--School Library Journal
Sometimes I like to Curl Up in a Ball:
"Buoyant and darling, charming and fun. This simple picture book will keep kids hopping."--School Library Journal.
"Fuge relishes the opportunity to show each [character] striving for a highly idiosyncratic personal best."--Publishers Weekly.
It's a Monster Party
"Fuge's colorfully imaginative illustrations make these lonely creatures endearing."--School Library Journal
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Jane is a regular contributor to poetry anthologies for children and is the author of numerous delightful picture books. She spent many happy years in the Netherlands working as a library assistant at an International School. Now Jane lives in Kent with her two sons and two Labradors. Charles Fuge made his picture book debut with BUSHVARK'S FIRST DAY OUT, which won both the Macmillan Prize and the Mother Goose Award. Since then he has illustrated more than thirty picture books, including SOMETIMES I LIKE TO CURL UP IN A BALL, which was highly commended by the judges of the 2001 Kate Greenaway Medal. He lives in Dorset.
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