From the bestselling creators of Duck! Rabbit!, an exciting tale of self-discovery!
He stood out here.He stood out there.He tried everything to be more like them.It's not easy being seen. Especially when you're NOT like everyone else. Especially when what sets you apart is YOU.Sometimes we squish ourselves to fit in. We shrink. Twist. Bend. Until — ! — a friend shows the way to endless possibilities.In this bold story, an emphatic but misplaced exclamation point learns that being different can be very exciting! Period.Download and start listening now!
“Rosenthal shines in her play on words…This fun-to-read tale will find a ready home in language-arts lessons, reminding burgeoning elementary-age writers which punctuation personality belongs in which type of sentence—without the tedium that accompanies traditional grammar lessons. This one is a must-have!!!”
— School Library Journal (starred review)
“With the celebrating-your-strengths angle, fun grammar lesson, and many classroom tie-in possibilities, this…book deserves a !!!”
— Booklist (starred review)“How does an exclamation mark learn his purpose? Pre-readers and readers alike will giggle and cheer to see the process.”
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal is the author of picture book favorites such as Little Pea, Little Hoot, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, and The OK Book. She has also written several books for adults including Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. She lives with her family in Chicago.
Emily Eiden is an award-winning actress best known for her role in the 2005 film Scab. She also appeared in the television series Campus Ladies. She is the winner of the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video, and she was named a 2013 Notable Children’s Recording by the American Library Association.
MacLeod Andrews is a multiple Audie, Earphones, and SOVAS award-winning and Grammy-nominated narrator with hundreds of credits to his name. Perhaps best known for a cinematic approach with full characterizations and intimate deliveries in series such as The Reckoners, Sandman Slim, and Warriors, he’s also been noted for his straight reads ranging from memoirs to modern classics. When not doing books you can hear him in video games, cartoons, commercials, podcasts, and reading you the news on Apple News +. Or check out one of his films.