Seahorses Are Sold Out

Constanze Spengler author Shelley Tanaka translator Katja Gehrmann illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Gecko Press

Published:4th Aug '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Seahorses Are Sold Out cover

“Seahorses Are Sold Out is a cheerful story of an enterprising only child, who stretches a father’s small yes into a houseful.” Julia Marshall, Publisher

In this is a high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father's juggle to work from home, one pet for Mika leads to another and another...A high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father's juggle to work from home Mika's father works from home and he's very busy! He can never find time for the promised swimming trip. So Dad allows Mika to choose herself a pet from the store while he finishes the project-something quiet like a mouse. And so begins a wonderfully turbulent story in which Mika brings home one animal after another... The mouse gets lost so she gets a dog to find it. the dog is followed by a seal, the seal a penguin. How many animals can come to stay before a harassed father notices? This is a high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father's juggle to work from home.

"Lively, colorful illustrations drawn in loose black outlines track this incredible saga of a bored kid, an opportunistic pet-shop owner, and a clueless father in comic double-page spreads chronicling Mika's wild, unsupervised activities, culminating in a surprising climax . . . Absolutely hilarious."—Kirkus Reviews

ISBN: 9781776573868

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

40 pages