Sparky!

By Jenny Offill

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375870237
• ISBN13: 9780375870231
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Anne Schwartz Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Yup. It’s a book

The illustrations great, story kind of lacking. Esp at the end. Saw no reason to take his cookie though just cause he’s slow, esp with what they try to relay on the last page. I get what they were trying to say in the end it’s just lackluster and I’m upset about that cookie.

Adorable children's book!

The illustrations in this book are wonderful and whimsical, and the story about a sloth for a pet is engaging and entertaining. I bought it as a gift for a nephew, along with a small sloth stuffie to go with it and he LOVES the book! So I am now going to purchase a copy for us.