Lizard from the Park
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (965 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442483210 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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D. B. Suchdev said This is a favorite!. My This is a favorite! My 3 & 5 year olds love this book and want to read it often. It has very nice illustrations and a cute story that captures their imagination. We brought it on a beach vacation with another family and their kids seemed equal enamored.. & 5 year olds love this book and want to read it often. It has very nice illustrations and a cute story that captures their imagination. We brought it on a beach vacation with another family and their kids seemed equal enamored.. An imaginative, thought provoking story that celebrates discovery, play, treasures, and Thanksgiving Day parades. Treasures come in all shapes and sizes and children delight in collecting them. A typical shoe box might hold colorful leaves, sparkly rocks, a found trinket or toy, and yes, even eggs. So when main character Leonard discovers an egg in the park, the wonder of childhood is ignited and catapulted into an imaginative story. Leonard doesn’t init. "Mark Pett's Lizard From The Park is a super sweet story that will make little readers laugh and" according to Aeicha @ Word Spelunking. When a little boy named Leonard finds a lizard egg at the park and brings it home, he gets a huge surprisethe tiny lizard is actually a dinosaur he names Buster! And Buster quickly grows and grows. Leonard soon realizes that Buster needs a much bigger home and with the help of giant Thanksgiving parade balloons, he sets out to set Buster free.Mark
A lonely boy’s new pet grows into a rather large dilemma—and a Thanksgiving parade offers an uplifting solution—in this charming tale from the author of The Boy and the Airplane and The Girl and the Bicycle.When Leonard takes a shortcut through the park, he finds an egg and takes it home, where it hatches into a lizard (or so Leonard thinks). So Leonard comes up with an inventive plan, one that involves all the balloons Leonard can find and the annual Thanksgiving parade, in an imaginative plot twist that will spark readers’ imaginations—and touch their hearts.. Leonard names his new pet Buster and takes him all around the city: on the subway, to the library, to a baseball game, and more.But Buster keeps growing and growing—and Leonard gets the sense that Buster is longing for something Leonard can’t provide.Before long, Buster becomes too big to keep, and Leonard realizes he needs to set Buster free
He is also the creator of the syndicated comic strips Mr. Writer and illustrator Mark Pett has practiced his craft in Philadelphia, Prague, the Mississippi Delta, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also the creator of the syndicated comic strips Mr. Visit him at MarkPett.Writer and illustrator Mark Pett has practiced his craft in Philadelphia, Prague, the Mississippi Delta, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to illustrating several books, Mark is the “authorstrato
Created with charcoal and painted digitally, the illustrations are softly drawn, and the layout of the text is easy on the eye. Leonard dubs him Buster and together, the friends travel all over the city, ride the subway, read in front of the New York Public Library, and visit the Museum of Natural History. Eventually, he snuggles up with it as he goes to bed. From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2—One day Leonard decides to take a shortcut home from school through the "deepest, darkest part of the park" and spots a big egg, unlike anything he has seen before. He takes it home to his top-floor apartment and plays with it all afternoon. Leonard tries many things to help Buster fit in and enjoy the city, but Buster continues to grow and grow; he needs to be with his family again in the "deepest, darkest part of the park." In the fall, Leonard gathers up all the balloons he