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Offill, Jenny

Sparky!

40 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-87023-1 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-97023-8 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-375-98859-2
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Chris Appelhans. A girl tries to teach her new pet sloth, Sparky, to play hide-and-seek, roll over, fetch: nothing. After a misguided pseudo-talent show, the girl accepts that, while Sparky is no whirling dervish, he is an endearing companion. Appelhans's striking watercolor and pencil illustrations, in a muted color palette of pinks, browns, and green-blues, do much of the story's heavy lifting.
Reviewer: Sam Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2014

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