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McToad Mows Tiny Island

Tom Angleberger author John Hendrix illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Abrams

Published:1st Sep '15

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McToad likes Thursdays. Why? Because on every other day of the week, McToad mows Big Island, but on Thursdays, McToad mows Tiny Island. To do so, he puts his mower on the back of a truck, which drives to a train, which goes to a plane, which flies to a helicopter, which goes to a boat, which uses a crane to put the lawn mower onto Tiny Island. There McToad mows, drinks some lemonade, and before you know it, it's time to turn around and go back home. But first, the mower has to get lifted by a crane, to get put back on a boat, a helicopter, a plane, a train, and a truck. From master storyteller Tom Angleberger and accomplished illustrator John Hendrix comes this playful narrative that triumphs the journey over the destination, with lots of planes, trains, and automobiles to boot.

Hendrix's richly detailed, brightly colored spreads make the book visually engaging. * Kirkus Reviews *

STARRED REVIEW
"Angleberger’s sly charmer is a gift to any reader besotted with engines, motors, and combustible fuel...It’s an unabashed celebration of the pleasure of using big machines to move things around—just because."

* Publishers Weekly *
“With large, zany illustrations and rapidly escalating hilarity, this lark of a book is sure to entertain big-machine-loving kids during storytime.” * Booklist *

ISBN: 9781419716508

Dimensions: 249mm x 246mm x 13mm

Weight: 460g

40 pages