- New York Times bestseller, Zoo keepers, Juvenile fiction, Zoo animals
"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.
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Warm, classical in form, effortless and intimate.
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 33
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Qatar, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, Roaring Brook
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, Arabic
- ISBN
- 9789992195512
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Philip C. Stead is the author of the Caldecott Medal winning book A Sick Day for Amos McGee, also named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2010 and a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2010, illustrated by his wife, Erin E. Stead. Together with Erin, he also created Bear Has a Story to Tell, an E.B. White Read-Aloud Award honor book. Philip, also an artist, has written and illustrated several of his own books including Hello, My Name is Ruby, Jonathan and the Big Blue Boat, A Home for Bird, and his debut Creamed Tuna Fish and Peas on Toast, which was applauded by School Library Journal for “its wry humor and illustrations worthy of a Roald Dahl creation.” Philip lives with Erin
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