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32 pp.
| Knopf
| May, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-0-399-55700-2$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-399-55701-9$19.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-399-55702-6
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"I got a new friend. / She’s kind of shy," begins a simple first-person text as clean pencil and watercolor illustrations show a little (brown-skinned) girl and a puppy tentatively scoping each other out. Perceptive viewers may notice that the statements (e.g., "My friend is a sloppy eater") are true of both canine and girl in the pictures; the satisfying ending reveals the puppy as narrator.
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"Wiggle!" A worm demonstrates for a little fly, who tries and fails ("Wiggle?"). Nor can it jump like a grasshopper, march like an ant, etc. The fly is beyond frustrated (and beyond adorable, with its candid, bug-eyed expressions) until it encounters some flying insects ("Fly? / Yes! Fly!"). The book's precious few words speak volumes--about tenacity, patience, and community.