A Job for Kingsley

by Gabriel Evans

Overview

Kingsley has decided to get a job.

This is not a decision to be taken lightly. After all, a job is a BIG responsibility. But finding the right kind of job is much harder than Kingsley expected. Some jobs are tricky for paws. Some jobs are difficult to understand. And some just don’t seem to appreciate a dog's work ethic the way they should. Will Kingsley ever find a job that is exactly right?  

A sweet, tender and deeply funny story about the power of friendship, belonging, and one dog’s mission to find the perfect job.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781761210211
Publisher:	Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.75(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Gabriel Evans is an author and illustrator of picture books, including The Cute Penguin. He illustrates his own books as well as illustrating for several acclaimed authors.  Gabriel travels around Australia visiting schools in capital cities and remote communities in the Pilbara and the Kimberley, where he offers creative illustration and picture book workshops. He creates his stories in a messy studio near a river where he drinks tea and grows oak trees.

Editorial Reviews

"Kids have a job: to read this book. They’ll be great at it, and they’ll love the work." —​Kirkus Reviews 

"The combination of Evans’s action-packed drawings of a dog on a mission and short, sharp language, reflective of a curious dog’s thoughts, works brilliantly to emanate humour, warmth and wonderment.A Human for Kingsley leads the reader on a playful journey of finding friendship and understanding reciprocity." —Books + Publishing on A Human for Kingsley

"Delicate earth-toned illustrations rely on fine, sketchy outlines, pale color highlights, and all-white backgrounds to humorously flesh out the spare text.  . . . An endearing, visually rib-tickling ode to best friends." —Kirkus Reviews on Ollie and Augustus

"Sweet and spare, the illustrations convey large feelings." —Booklist on Ollie and Augustus

From the Publisher

2023-03-29
Following on the heels of A Human for Kingsley (2023), this companion book follows the bushy-faced pooch as he looks for work.

Kingsley knows a job is a big responsibility, but he feels guilty when he sits in the comfortable chair at home and eats treats and plays with toys he hasn’t earned. After preparing a resume and indulging in a fragrant bath and luxurious blow-dry, Kingsley sets out, confident he’ll land something. He tries mightily, but he realizes humans are better at the jobs he applies for: waiter, florist, gardener, boutique worker, bookseller, department-store gift wrapper. What Kingsley really wants is a job at which he outshines everyone else. The sight of a small, familiar-looking girl on a bench makes Kingsley realize he already has an important job—one that only he can do. Young readers will be charmed by the sweet, deeply satisfying ending to this adorable Australian import. Like the first installment, this tale deals with genuine emotions and warm relationships. Readers will understand Kingsley’s thoughts through the kind, understanding voice of a droll, unseen narrator. Kingsley’s girl and other humans express themselves realistically and humorously, their dialogue rendered in different fonts and incorporated into softly colorful, delightfully expressive illustrations. Kingsley’s little girl is tan-skinned and curly-haired; background characters are racially diverse. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Kids have a job: to read this book. They’ll be great at it, and they’ll love the work. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews