Olive and the Embarrassing Gift (Hardcover)

Tor Freeman

ISBN 10: 0763674060 / ISBN 13: 9780763674069

Published by Candlewick Press,U.S., 2014

About this Item

Hardcover. Olive discovers the true price of friendship.Olives best friend, Joe, has bought her a special hat. The only problem is that its hideously, cringe-inducingly embarrassing! Their whole gang of friends is giggling about it. She tries all kinds of excuses to avoid wearing the hat, then all kinds of ways to get rid of it, until Joe catches her stuffing it into the trash. Hes totally heartbroken. How can Olive make it up to him? Shoving the hat back on her head, shes off to create something even more embarrassing a huge best-friends sign to wear proudly. Olive's best friend, Joe, has bought her a special hat. The only problem is that it's hideously embarrassing! Their whole gang of friends is giggling about it. She tries all kinds of ways to get rid of it, until Joe catches her stuffing it into the trash. He's totally heartbroken. How can Olive make it up to him? Full color. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Olive and the Embarrassing Gift (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763674060
• ISBN 13: 9780763674069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Freeman, Tor
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Olive discovers the true price of friendship.

Olive’s best friend, Joe, has bought her a special hat. The only problem is that it’s hideously, cringe-inducingly embarrassing! Their whole gang of friends is giggling about it. She tries all kinds of excuses to avoid wearing the hat, then all kinds of ways to get rid of it, until Joe catches her stuffing it into the trash. He’s totally heartbroken. How can Olive make it up to him? Shoving the hat back on her head, she’s off to create something even more embarrassing — a huge best-friends sign to wear proudly.

About the Author

Tor Freeman grew up in London and graduated from Kingston University with a BA in illustration. She has been working as an illustrator ever since and was awarded a Sendak Fellowship in 2012. She lives in London.