The Blur
Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her in this sweetly funny audiobook about the blur of childhood, from the award-winning creators of Drawn Together.

From the very beginning, there was something different about this child... An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn't until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR!
    Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years¿ 
    Framed as an origin story, here is a fun superhero romp for kids that will pull at the hearstrings of every parent.
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The Blur
Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her in this sweetly funny audiobook about the blur of childhood, from the award-winning creators of Drawn Together.

From the very beginning, there was something different about this child... An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn't until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR!
    Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years¿ 
    Framed as an origin story, here is a fun superhero romp for kids that will pull at the hearstrings of every parent.
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The Blur

The Blur

by Minh Lê

Narrated by Quyen Ngo

Unabridged — 2 minutes

The Blur

The Blur

by Minh Lê

Narrated by Quyen Ngo

Unabridged — 2 minutes

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Overview

Meet a child with superhero-like abilities . . . and the parents who are racing to keep up with her in this sweetly funny audiobook about the blur of childhood, from the award-winning creators of Drawn Together.

From the very beginning, there was something different about this child... An ultrasonic voice. Fantastically elastic limbs. Super-magnetic powers. But it wasn't until the child took her first steps that she became: THE BLUR!
    Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years¿ 
    Framed as an origin story, here is a fun superhero romp for kids that will pull at the hearstrings of every parent.

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★ "A must-purchase." —School Library Journal, starred review

Kirkus Reviews

2022-03-30
The Blur is a whirlwind force from the moment the infant arrives home until the day the child drives off to college.

Simultaneously a spoof on the superhero genre and a tribute to parenthood, Lê's text reads like a voice-over narrator describing the origin story of a new hero: the Blur! Beginning as an infant, the baby immediately displays hilarious superpowers, such as “the supersonic voice” (the little one’s loud wails) and “fantastically elastic limbs” (middle-of-the-night bed sharing). Santat’s comical depiction of this exhausted and shellshocked Asian family is sure to elicit knowing smiles from parents as the child learns to walk and becomes the Blur, racing “headfirst toward danger” and leaving “no corner unexplored.” Spreads depicting the trouble the child gets into, as well as a myriad of idyllic scenes of childhood, show time zipping along as the Blur morphs into a teen. Before you know it, the parents are celebrating their child in cap and gown, then saying goodbye as their confident young adult drives off to college. The tongue-in-cheek tone and energetic illustrations rendered in colored pencil, watercolor, and Photoshop propel the reader through an entire childhood in a nostalgic blur, and every parent will relate to the feeling of loving, holding on, and then letting go of this time that passes so quickly. Young readers will appreciate the superhero jokes but may not connect with the overall theme of the book, and that’s OK. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

This one’s for the parents. Enjoy. (Picture book. 3-8)

Product Details

BN ID: 2940176131567
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 05/03/2022
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: Up to 4 Years
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