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Sparky!

Author Jenny Offill
Illustrated by Chris Appelhans
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Hardcover
$18.99 US
RH Childrens Books | Anne Schwartz Books
9.38"W x 9.75"H x 0.35"D   | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Mar 11, 2014 | 40 Pages | 9780375870231
Age 4-8 years | Preschool - 3
Reading Level: Lexile AD520L | Fountas & Pinnell L
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The ingenious author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore and a brilliant illustrator and production designer of the Coraline movie have created a hilarious, touching picture book perfect for young animal lovers. Like the Caldecott Medal-winning Officer Buckle and Gloria, Sparky stars a pet who has more to offer than meets the eye. When our narrator orders a sloth through the mail, the creature that arrives isn't good at tricks or hide-and-seek . . . or much of anything. Still, there's something about Sparky that is irresistible.

Winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award
  • WINNER | 2015
    Charlotte Zolotow Award
  • AWARD
    ALA Alex Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    New York State Charlotte Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    ALA Alex Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Florida Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Colorado Children's Book Award
  • AWARD | 2015
    ALA Alex Award
  • NOMINEE | 2015
    Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children's and Teens
  • FINALIST | 2015
    ALA Alex Award
  • FINALIST | 2013
    ALA Alex Award
© Emily Tobey
Jenny Offill is the author of the novels Last Things (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the L.A. Times First Book Award), and Dept. of Speculation, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Pen Faulkner Award and the International Dublin Award. She lives in upstate New York and teaches at Syracuse University and in the low residency program at Queens University. View titles by Jenny Offill
CHRIS APPELHANS has worked on several films. He was an illustrator and production designer for Coraline, an environment designer Fantastic Mr. Fox, and a visual development artist for The Princess and the Frog. This is his first picture book. View titles by Chris Appelhans

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The ingenious author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore and a brilliant illustrator and production designer of the Coraline movie have created a hilarious, touching picture book perfect for young animal lovers. Like the Caldecott Medal-winning Officer Buckle and Gloria, Sparky stars a pet who has more to offer than meets the eye. When our narrator orders a sloth through the mail, the creature that arrives isn't good at tricks or hide-and-seek . . . or much of anything. Still, there's something about Sparky that is irresistible.

Winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award

Awards

  • WINNER | 2015
    Charlotte Zolotow Award
  • AWARD
    ALA Alex Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    New York State Charlotte Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    ALA Alex Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Florida Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
  • NOMINEE | 2016
    Colorado Children's Book Award
  • AWARD | 2015
    ALA Alex Award
  • NOMINEE | 2015
    Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children's and Teens
  • FINALIST | 2015
    ALA Alex Award
  • FINALIST | 2013
    ALA Alex Award

Author

© Emily Tobey
Jenny Offill is the author of the novels Last Things (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the L.A. Times First Book Award), and Dept. of Speculation, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Pen Faulkner Award and the International Dublin Award. She lives in upstate New York and teaches at Syracuse University and in the low residency program at Queens University. View titles by Jenny Offill
CHRIS APPELHANS has worked on several films. He was an illustrator and production designer for Coraline, an environment designer Fantastic Mr. Fox, and a visual development artist for The Princess and the Frog. This is his first picture book. View titles by Chris Appelhans

Additional formats

  • Sparky!
    Sparky!
    Jenny Offill
    9780593703540
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Dragonfly Books
    Sep 26, 2023
    Age 4-8 years
  • Sparky!
    Sparky!
    Jenny Offill
    9780593703540
    $8.99 US
    Paperback
    Dragonfly Books
    Sep 26, 2023
    Age 4-8 years

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