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Jan 21, 2020 | ISBN 9780593175682 | 3-7 years Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
May 29, 2018 | ISBN 9780399550560 | 3-7 years Buy
May 29, 2018 | ISBN 9780399550591 | 3-7 years Buy
May 29, 2018 | ISBN 9780399550607 | 3-7 years Buy
Jun 29, 2021 | Baby-3 Pre-Order *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
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Jan 21, 2020 | ISBN 9780593175682 | 3-7 years
May 29, 2018 | ISBN 9780399550560 | 3-7 years
May 29, 2018 | ISBN 9780399550591 | 3-7 years
May 29, 2018 | ISBN 9780399550607 | 3-7 years
Jun 29, 2021 | ISBN 9780525707646 | Baby-3
From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend!Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend! This book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch’s silly hat and dance moves!Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration.A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018!
From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend!Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend! This picture book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch’s silly hat and dance moves!Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration.A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018!
Encourage Crunch the dinosaur to come out to play in this giggly read-aloud about the art of making a friend!Crunch is a quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shrubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play–and has some secret dance moves to share–but it will require gentle coaxing from you. If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend! This picture book, from the author of This Book Will Not Be Fun and a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning illustrator, has subtly delivered lessons in friend making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another’s hobbies) and is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new.
CIROCCO DUNLAP has written for the New Yorker and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, as well as television’s Man Seeking Woman and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. You can find her at ciroccodunlap.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @ciroccotweets.
“Crunch is a hot-pink, nonthreatening dinosaur. An unseen narrator gives readers a series of directions on how to interact with him, setting up an entertaining, interactive story experience. Larger lessons about how to relate to others lurk beneath the surface of this lighthearted tale. An excellent interactive choice.“ -School Library Journal ”The illustrations will have children and adults chuckling, as the not-insubstantial Crunch attempts to hide in the boughs of a rather small tree and as his expressions change from dubious to delighted.” -Kirkus Reviews
Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books SELECTION 2018
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