Adele in Sand Land: TOON Level 1

by Claude Ponti

Overview

Where can young readers experience boundless imagination? In the sandbox, of course, as they follow Adele on her discovery of a barefoot king, a cloud of fluffy chicks, and a dessert island (YUM!). With this wild playground adventure, it’s easy to see why star French cartoonist Claude Ponti is one of the world’s most beloved children’s book authors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943145164
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	06/06/2017
Series:	Toon Series
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	936,538
Product dimensions:	9.31(w) x 6.31(h) x 0.34(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Claude Ponti is a prolific author, painter, and illustrator, known for his humorous explorations of the nonsense world of dreams. His first picture book, Adele’s Album, was created to amuse his young daughter; he has since authored more than sixty children’s books. Ponti currently divides his time between the French countryside (where there are many birds, such as pheasants) and Paris (where there are pigeons).

Editorial Reviews

"Readers, particularly the newly independent ones at whom this is aimed, will delightedly join the outing." - Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW
"Spectacular weirdness…imaginative odyssey…memorable as it is bizarre." - Wall Street Journal's Best New Children's Books
"A bright, brimming feast of lyrical zaniness." - Booklist
"Every two-page spread in this book is a gem...The images are filled with details, making this a great book for an adult and child to read together, pointing things out as they go, or alone, all the better to pore over the pages and take in every detail." - School Library Journal's Good Comics for Kids
"Readers won’t want to skip over a millimeter of artwork because you simply don’t know what unexpected treats you’ll find. Prepare for numerous re-readings of this creative tale to experience the joyous journey that is Adele in Sand Land." - Good Reads with Ronna
"The dreamlike quality of the art allows kids to let their imaginations run wild." - Mom Read It
"This delightful 38-page small hardcover picture book for kindergarten to first-grade readers is reminiscent of Winsor McCay’s highly-detailed Little Nemo in Slumberland." - AmoXcalli: Fred Patten Reviews

From the Publisher

★ 2017-03-06
A bucket, a small shovel, and an unfettered imagination are all it takes to transform a visit to a sandbox in a crowded public park into a brilliant adventure.All young Adele needs to do is give her bucket a tap. The sand inside crawls out on its own to dance, buildings and parent-bearing benches in the background float out of the frame, and nearby toys and trees acquire smiling faces. Then down a Sand Dragon's gaping maw tumble Adele and her newly animate companions to meet a tantrum-prone king, fly beneath a cloud of fluffy chicks, perch in a hot dog tree, and land on "a DESSERT island." "Yummy! Eat up now," says Adele gaily. "Who KNOWS what will happen next." Indeed. Ponti slips in Sendak-ian caricatures and other sight gags as he propels his white child and her motley crew of tiny fellow travelers on. (All, except for an anxious toy aptly named Stuffy, are clearly having a grand time.) They proceed through a series of suddenly transformed settings to a final slide down a giant's tongue that delivers Adele and all back to the sandbox. Readers, particularly the newly independent ones at whom this is aimed, will delightedly join the outing. An unconscionably tardy return for the young imagineer of the incomparable Adele's Album (1988)—welcome back! (Graphic early reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews