All Kinds of Special
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
All Kinds of Special
By (Author) Tammi Sauer
Illustrated by Fernando Martin
Simon & Schuster
Paula Wiseman Books
16th August 2023
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Children's / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Children's / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Children's / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity
Physical Properties
Hardback
40
Width 229mm, Height 279mm, Spine 10mm
467g
Description
For fans of Home Is Where the Birds Sing and Me & Mama, this tenderhearted picture book follows a little girls journey to make her new house a home, one mango at a time.
Mia and her mama used to live in an apartment with just a few windows that was part of a big building with lots of other people. Now, theyve moved to a house that has eleven windows, a yard, and a mango tree. Mia misses her old home, but the special mango tree captures her curiosity and sets her on a sweet voyage of discovery.
As more and more mangos appear on the tree, bringing the neighborhood together, Mia sees how treasuring and sharing the good that comes into your life can lead to new connections and community.
Reviews
'The book will have readers considering what it means to forge new connections.
A sweet and refreshing reminder that community is all around us."
* -- Kirkus *
'The book will have readers considering what it means to forge new connections.
A sweet and refreshing reminder that community is all around us."
* -- Kirkus *
"The light and optimistic story and the vibrant artwork complement each other smoothly.... The book will have readers considering what it means to forge new connections.A sweet and refreshing reminder that community is all around us." -- Kirkus Reviews * 2/15/23 *
"A satisfying picture book that reads aloud well." -- Booklist * 2/15/23 *
Author Bio
Tammi Sauer is the author ofMr. Duck Means Business,Mostly Monsterly,Chicken Dance,Cowboy Camp, and other books. She has worked as both a teacher and library media specialist. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband and two children. Visit her at TammiSauer.com.
Fernando Martn is an illustrator from Valencia, Spain. He studied media and audio-visual communication, but drawing is what he loves the most. He works mainly digitally and likes using limited but colorful palettes. His illustrations are inspired by childhood memories, traveling experiences, eighties cartoons, and music.
