Exclamation Mark
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Exclamation Mark
By (Author) Amy
Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Scholastic US
Scholastic US
1st March 2013
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction and true stories
Winner of California Young Reader Medal (Primary) 2015
Physical Properties
Hardback
52
Description
He stood out here. He stood out there. He tried everything to be more like them. It's not easy being seen. Especially when you're NOT like everyone else. Especially when what sets you apart is YOU. Sometimes we squish ourselves to fit in. We shrink. Twist. Bend. Until-!-a friend shows the way to endless possibilities. In this bold and highly visual book, an emphatic but misplaced exclamation point learns that being different can be very exciting! Period.
Reviews
Praise for Exclamation Mark*"Punctuation with pizzazz . . . Funny and spirited (and secretly educational, but nobody will notice)." --Kirkus, starred review*"With the celebrating-your-strengths angle, fun grammar lesson, and many classroom tie-in possibilities, this picturebook deserves a !!!" --Booklist, starred review*"A perfect pairing of clever design and tongue-in-cheek humor . . . This one is a must-have!!!" --School Library Journal, starred review"Rosenthal and Lichtenheld (the team behind Duck! Rabbit! and other titles) give punctuation personalities in this witty calligraphic jaunt . . . cleverly rais[ing] awareness of the ways punctuation conveys mood." --Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL was the author of the memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and the children's books Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, illustrated by Jane Dyer; One of Those Days, illustrated by Rebecca Doughty; and Little Pea, illustrated by Jen Corace.
Tom Lichtenheld is the illustrator of New York Times bestsellers Duck! Rabbit!, Exclamation Mark, Steam Train, Dream Train, Shark vs. Train, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, which has been on the bestseller list for over three years. He has also written and illustrated a number of books, including What Are You So Grumpy About, Cloudette, and E-mergency, a Publishers Weekly and Boston Globe Best Book of 2011. For more information, visit him at tomlichtenheld.com.
