The Best Sick Day Ever and animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut.
Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee’s case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it’s time they returned the favor.
A Sick Day for Amos McGee is a 2011 Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year selection and winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal. This title has Common Core connections.
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“This gentle, ultimately warm story acknowledges the care and reciprocity behind all good friendships.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A story that ends with everyone tucked in at last for a sweet night’s sleep.”
— Washington Post“Whether read individually or shared, this gentle story will resonate with youngsters.”
— School Library Journal“The story…[is] both tender and hilarious…The familiar pet-bonding theme will have great appeal.”
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Philip C. Stead is the author of the highly acclaimed Caldecott Medal–winning book A Sick Day for Amos McGee, among other books.
Jim Dale is the voice of all the characters in the Harry Potter audiobook series. As a narrator he has won two Grammy Awards, seven Grammy nominations, fifteen AudioFile Earphones Awards, and ten Audie Awards. As a stage and screen actor, he has won a Tony Award, four Tony nominations, four Drama Desk Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. In 2004 he was made a member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.