Editorial New York Review Of Books
Fecha de edición noviembre 2023 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781681377452
40 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa dura
Dimensiones 208 mm x 279 mm
A silly, whimsical book about dreaming and getting over one's fears by a celebrated American cartoonist and illustrator.Mr. Sillypants is going to learn how to swim tomorrow. Hex{0026}rsquos excited! Itx{0026}rsquos about time.But he starts to get nervous. x{0026}ldquoWhat if I step on a fish?x{0026}rdquo He asks his goldfish. x{0026}ldquoWhat if all the other people in the class are better than I am?x{0026}rdquo He says aloud as he makes his favorite bedtime snack, a pickle and peanut butter sandwich. By the time he goes to bed, Mr. Sillypants is not sure swimming lessons are such a good idea after all. When Mr. Sillypants falls asleep, he dreams hex{0026}rsquos out for a walk, when he suddenly plummets into a big pond. x{0026}ldquoI canx{0026}rsquot swim!x{0026}rdquo he yells. Soon though, his worries about swimming are far from his mind: he morphs into a fish, and chases after deep sea sandwiches and flees from an enormous pickle monsters. The next morning, Mr. Sillypants wakes up with a startx{0026}mdashmaybe his swimming lessons are going to be okay after all. Told with warm humor and illustrated with stunning watercolors, M. K. Brown has crafted a hilarious adventure out of an everyday fear. This sillylooking man can teach us all how to conquer scary things by laughing right at them.
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