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Pouch!
Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein's delightful tale of a baby kangaroo's first hops toward independence is perfect for board book audiences. Joey wants to go exploring, but at first he isn't sure he's ready to leave Mama's safe, warm pouch. Touching on a universal childhood experience, this sweet tale celebrates trying new things.
Book Details
- Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
- Publish Date: Mar 15th, 2012
- Pages: 34
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 4.90in - 6.30in - 0.70in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780399257384
- Recommended age: 00-02
- Categories: • Social Themes - New Experience• Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance• Animals - Kangaroos
About the Author
David Ezra Stein (www.davidezra.com) received a Caldecott Honor for Interrupting Chicken, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor for Pouch! and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award for Leaves, which was also a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice and a School Library Journal Best Book. He also wrote and illustrated The Nice Book and Monster Hug! He lives in Kew Gardens, New York.
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What people are saying
Eli Cranor
@elicranor
1 year
Edgar-Award-winning author of DON’T KNOW TOUGH, OZARK DOGS, and BROILER (summer 2024)
@alex_segura @_DavidEzraStein @MoCCAFestNYC @Flatironbooks @DarkHorseComics @comiXology @HGLiterary @DisneyBooks Bro in law! We’re huge David Ezra Stein fans here in the Cranor house. POUCH! is an all time fave
Praise for this book
"Neatly embodying the way a young child's drive toward independence seesaws with fear of the unknown. . . . Stein once again shows his talent for creating a fresh story in a few well-chosen words and illustrating it with humor and verve." - Booklist, starred review
"Warm and inviting, this buoyant tale is hopping good fun." - Kirkus Reviews
"Warm and inviting, this buoyant tale is hopping good fun." - Kirkus Reviews
What people are saying
Eli Cranor
@elicranor
1 year
Edgar-Award-winning author of DON’T KNOW TOUGH, OZARK DOGS, and BROILER (summer 2024)
@alex_segura @_DavidEzraStein @MoCCAFestNYC @Flatironbooks @DarkHorseComics @comiXology @HGLiterary @DisneyBooks Bro in law! We’re huge David Ezra Stein fans here in the Cranor house. POUCH! is an all time fave