Praise for Seals Are Jerks!:
"Unfussy digital cartooning, casually funny dialogue... and ripped-from-the-headlines relevance make this picture book humorous and thought-provoking, and the ending offers up sage honesty." — Publishers Weekly
"Kids will be laughing hysterically while learning about a food chain... A must add book for all children’s libraries with primary grades especially pre-Kindergarten through second grade will delight in this book." — picturebookbrain.com
Praise for Vegetables in Underwear:
"Those who are making the transition from diapers are sure to laugh." — Kirkus Reviews
"The glories of underwear are celebrated in this humorous book, which successfully merges a child’s desire to transition from diapers with bold, comical illustrations." — Booklist
"Vegetables in underwear? Guaranteed preschool hilarity... Expect second, third, and more helpings of this scantily clad harvest." — The Horn Book Magazine
Praise for Pirate, Viking, & Scientist:
"A clear triumph for the scientific method... as funny as it is sneakily informative." — Kirkus Reviews
"This is a great read-aloud to foster discussions around the scientific process and important lessons about friendship. An excellent addition." — School Library Journal
Praise for Steve, Raised by Wolves:
"Steve's wolflike behavior will have children giggling... The story's message of the need to balance individuality with group expectations is neatly presented." — Kirkus Reviews
"A clever reversal story with an uplifting resolution." — Booklist
2023-07-13
Lorelei especially loves seals because of their friendship with penguins…or so she believes.
The tan-skinned child creates an album filled with photos showing seals’ many great attributes and presents it with great enthusiasm at school. But she is shocked when a penguin in the class (don’t ask) announces that seals eat penguins and therefore are jerks. Lorelei embarks on a fact-finding trip to prove that this loudmouthed penguin is completely wrong. Told in an interwoven mesh of brief narrative text and emotionally charged cartoon illustrations that include colorful pink, green, and orange speech bubbles, the book follows Lorelei to the local zoo and library and then on a plane to Antarctica, where she meets a group of penguins and a seal who tell her the truth. Her exaggerated facial expressions and body language dominate the pages as she becomes overwhelmed by disbelief, disappointment, hopelessness, and anger and responds with huge bursts of temper. But she is also tremendously resourceful and has some hilarious ideas about how to reconcile seals and penguins. (Think peanut butter and jelly.) Lorelei finally grasps that that animals cannot change their nature and finds a new perspective and new pages for her album. Observant readers will discover many twists and surprises and will commiserate with and cheer for Lorelei, the penguins, and, yes, even the seal. (This book was reviewed digitally.)
Thoroughly delightful. (facts about Antarctica) (Picture book. 4-9)
