A silly story with bright, engaging illustrations and expressive, rhyming text that children will want to read--and giggle through--again and again. A departing tortoise has his bags packed and is almost ready to set out on an adventure, but he can't leave until he says good-bye to each of his animal friends. The tortoise stops for every last timid mouse and bumblebee, shouting his rhyming good-byes, making you wonder if, perhaps, he's stalling the start of his trip.
His animal friends appear startled as he suddenly pops up on each page to say adieu--especially the perplexed rhinoceros the tortoise mistakes for a unicorn With each farewell, the tortoise's good-byes get sillier and more creative. When will the good-byes end and the adventure begin?
Author: Sally Hopgood
Publisher: Sky Pony
Published: 09/20/2016
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.20h x 10.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781510704848
Audience: Ages 4-8
Review Citation(s): School Library Journal 11/01/2016
About the Author
Sally Hopgood is a children's book author, an accomplished artist, and a paper engineer. She lives on a houseboat close to the tide mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.
Emma Levey works in everything from print and gouache, to photography and 3-D. She is the author/illustrator of
Hattie Peck. She was short-listed for the 2014 Association of Illustrators Awards. Emma is based in a teeny, tiny village called Llancarfan, in the south of Wales.