Flo: A Picture Book

by Kyo Maclear, Jay Fleck (Illustrator)

Overview

A witty picture book, starring an adorable panda, that celebrates relaxing, stopping to smell the roses, and being yourself!

Meet Flo! Flo is the littlest panda. She likes to explore, relax, and enjoy everything around her. She is never in a hurry. But . . . sometimes she takes too much time, and the other pandas get impatient. One day they find themselves in trouble. Can Flo’s floppy ways save the day? With Kyo Maclear’s sweet, spare text and Jay Fleck’s bold, bright illustrations, Flo is sure to be a favorite for even the busiest little pandas!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466897687
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	01/16/2018
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	26 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kyo Maclear is the author of many critically acclaimed and popular books for children, including Julia, Child; The Wish Tree; The Specific Ocean; Virginia Wolf; and Spork. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

Jay Fleck is the illustrator of Double Take written by Susan Hood, Black Belt Bunny written by Jacky Davis, and Everything You written by Elizabeth McPike. He lives in Shorewood, Illinois, with his family.

Editorial Reviews

The deadpan text works beautifully with speech balloons that extend characterizations. Fleck's whimsical, bold, bright, acrylic illustrations set the tone perfectly for this lighthearted tale . . . Though clearly a message about the dangers of overscheduling children, the lesson goes down easily; caregivers may even take note.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A gentle and pleasing narrative . . . Dreamy Flo will be a sympathetic figure to many children, and her example will encourage adults and kids to ‘get floppy,’ at least on a lazy Sunday.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

From the Publisher

2017-10-16
Flo is the smallest member of a large family of overprogrammed pandas. She is intensely curious and easily distracted. She explores "the immense and mysterious sea" in her bathtub, eccentrically dressed in a woolen cap and snorkel. While getting ready for the day she dances to whale song. The other pandas have been waiting for her for a while. They are dressed in sporty garb and holding unicycles. They wait while Flo works her way through a large stack of pancakes and savors the last strawberry. When she finally joins the others, they show her their elaborate schedule for the week, with myriad activities listed. Flo's personal activities consist of greeting birds, clouds, butterflies, and roses with exquisite good cheer: "Hello, Roses that I would like to stop and smell." When the other pandas give up and abandon her for their next scheduled activity, which ends in mild calamity, readers won't be surprised that it's Flo who comes to the rescue. The deadpan text works beautifully with speech balloons that extend characterizations. Fleck's whimsical, bold, bright, acrylic illustrations set the tone perfectly for this lighthearted tale, Flo and the other pandas standing out against muted pastels. Flo is distinguished from the other pandas by accessories, her size, and her smile.Though clearly a message about the dangers of overscheduling children, the lesson goes down easily; caregivers may even take note. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews