The Best Place to Read

by Debbie Bertram, Susan Bloom, Michael Garland (Illustrator)

Overview

A determined boy tries to find the perfect place to curl up with his new book in this hilarious and heartwarming story. From bedroom to den, from kitchen to backyard, our eager reader dodges his baby sister's messes, a lawn full of spraying sprinklers, and more—all in a quest for the best place to read!

 

The bouncy rhymes of authors Debbie Bertram and Susan Bloom and the vibrant artwork of bestselling illustrator Michael Garland capture a child's delight in this electronic edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307554628
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	10/06/2010
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Debbie Bertram and Susan Bloom have been a writing team for over seven years. Before turning to writing children's books full-time, Susan was an elementary school teacher and Debbie worked in television production. They met when Debbie's daughter was a student in Susan's class, and they have been friends ever since.Michael Garland is an award-winning, bestselling author and artist. He has illustrated over 20 children's books, including the bestseller The Mouse Before Christmas, and Icarus Swinebuckle, a Society of Illustrator Silver Medal winner. His art is regularly selected for the Society of Illustrator's annual Original Art Show. He lives in Patterson, New York.

Editorial Reviews

If a good man is hard to find, that’s nothing compared to a good reading chair, as Bertram and Bloom’s youthful protagonist discovers when he goes looking for the right place to read his new book. Using an ear-pleasing rhyme scheme, readers follow the boy from chair to chair as each presents a problem: "A new book for me— / I can’t wait to read! / I run to my own little chair. / I’m growing too tall and the seat is too small, / So I am not comfortable there." As seen through the illustrations, a slick fusion of soft and razor-edged computer images that sport electric coloring and quirky shading, the boy travels through his house, finding each chair encumbered by animals, noise, burst seams, sprinkler systems, disruptive siblings, and wayward springs. But he is a dogged soul, pushing on until he comes to an undeniably fine spot for a youngster to curl up with a book: "The best place to be, just my book, Mom, and me—" It’s a sweet ending, one that avoids being mawkish because it has been so hard-won. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews