On the Way Home

by A.H. Benjamin, Anne Vasko (Illustrator)

Overview

A little girl and her grandpa come across a monkey, an alligator, a zebra, a tiger and a hippo. They will swing, dance, tap and bounce together on their way back home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788418133220
Publisher:	NubeOcho
Publication date:	05/04/2021
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.75(h) x (d)
Lexile:	AD400L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

A.H. Benjamin is an established children’s author who has written over forty books published and translated in over twenty-five languages worldwide. His work has also been adapted for radio, television and theater.

Anne Vasko is an award-winning picture book maker whose work reflects her creativity, compassion and open-mindedness. She is an internationally renowned children‘s book illustrator who has also published several of her own books. She has won several awards such as the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award 2017 and the Japans Digital Ehon Awards 2017.

Editorial Reviews

Young audiences will be happy to yell them out when they’re not giggling at the sight of gray-bearded Grandpa gamely swinging by his knees, jumping, splashing, and pumping iron along with his apple-cheeked companion in Vasko’s big, exuberant paintings. Closing, fittingly enough, with a double-page animal rumpus, this high-energy outing offers rousing surprises with nearly every page turn.—Kirkus

From the Publisher

2021-05-05
Coming back with Grandpa from a pre-dinner walk, a child gets some unexpected help working up an appetite.

First it’s a monkey swinging in a tree. “Can we do that too?” “Of course!” says the monkey. After a puddle-jumping alligator, a tap-dancing zebra, a tiger on a trampoline, and a weightlifting hippo extend similar invitations, appetite is no longer an issue…but credibility is. “What a wild imagination, sweetie!” says Grandma, upon hearing the tale. But then comes a knock at the door, and in troops a crew of animal dinner guests: “Surprise!” Along with select words in boldface to provide read-aloud guidance, the narrative features lots of sound effects (“SPLISH! SPLASH!”; “BOING! BOING!”) for young audiences to chime in on. They’ll be happy to yell them out when they’re not giggling at the sight of gray-bearded Grandpa gamely swinging by his knees, jumping, splashing, and pumping iron along with his apple-cheeked companion in Vasko’s big, exuberant paintings. Closing, fittingly enough, with a double-page animal rumpus, this high-energy outing offers rousing surprises with nearly every page turn. Both black-mopped child and silver-haired grandparents have pink skin. The book publishes simultaneously in Spanish, with a translation by Luis Amavisca and a title that’s far more suggestive of the interior than the original: Una tarde súper increíble.

Tailor-made for storytimes large or intimate. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews