Oh, Sal

Oh, Sal
Kevin Henkes
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NZ$ 39.99
Hardback
h203 x 140mm - 144pg
10 Nov 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780063244924
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A stand-alone companion to two-time Newbery Honor author Kevin Henkes' s award-winning, bestselling, and acclaimed The Year of Billy Miller and Billy Miller Makes a Wish. This short, humorous, and accessible novel for newly independent readers focuses on Billy' s younger sister, Sal, and what unfolds during an eventful holiday season at the Miller house. Oh, Sal is illustrated in black-and-white throughout by the author, and is perfect for fans of Ramona, Ivy + Bean, and Dory Fantasmagory. The Miller family is celebrating its first holiday with the new baby. Billy is excited that Uncle Jake is visiting, but nothing about this holiday season is making Billy' s little sister Sal happy. The baby is a noisy nuisance and hogging all of Mama' s attention. Plus, the baby doesn' t even have a name yet. To make matters worse, Sal lost the very best gift that Santa gave her!Will Sal find her present Will the Millers find a name for the baby Will Billy always be an annoying big brother The holiday season (and life with the Millers) is full of surprises-and warmth, kindness, family, celebration, and love-in the hands of award-winning author Kevin Henkes. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white art by the author, Oh, Sal is an excellent choice for early elementary grades, as well as a terrific family and classroom read-aloud for any time of the year. A stand-alone companion to The Year of BillyMiller (a Newbery Honor Book) and Billy Miller Makes a Wish.
"Henkes' third book centered on the Miller family-after the Newbery Honor The Year of Billy Miller and Billy Miller Makes a Wish -follows Billy' s 4-year-old sister, Sal. . . . Sal' s New Year' s Day has plenty of big moments of misunderstanding-and understanding. . . . Henkes' keen awareness of the ways it is hard and constantly revelatory to be a child gives this simple family story a sense of heart and happiness. . . . Delightfully superb. " - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"This third, stand-alone installment of the Miller family saga is told from four-year-old Sal' s point of view. It' s New Year' s Day, and there' s simply too much going on for her. . . . But if Sal is at times overwhelmed by life' s complications, she is part of a loving family that takes her emotions seriously and includes her in their day-to-day decisions. . . . Henkes is a master at probing the mind and heart of a young child, writing with gentle humor and affection. " - Horn Book (starred review)
Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of more than fifty critically acclaimed and award-winning picture books, beginning readers, and novels. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten' s First Full Moon in 2005, and Waiting won a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor in 2016. Kevin Henkes is also the creator of a number of picture books featuring his mouse characters, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Lilly' s Big Day and Wemberly Worried, the Caldecott Honor Book Owen, and the beloved Lilly' s Purple Plastic Purse. His most recent mouse character, Penny, was introduced in Penny and Her Song; her story continued in Penny and Her Doll and Penny and Her Marble (a Geisel Honor Book). Bruce Handy, in a New York Times Book Review piece about A Good Day, wrote, "It should be said: Kevin Henkes is a genius. " Kevin Henkes received two Newbery Honors for novels-one for The Year of Billy Miller, and the other for Olive' s Ocean. Also among his fiction for older readers are the novels Junonia, Bird Lake Moon, The Birthday Room, and Sun & Spoon. Kevin Henkes has been published by Greenwillow Books since the release of his first book, All Alone, in 1981. His fiftieth book, the picture book Egg, was published in January 2017. Most recently, he is the author of In the Middle of Fall, Winter Is Here, Summer Song, A Parade of Elephants, Sweeping Up the Heart, and Penny and Her Sled. He lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www. kevinhenkes. com.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780063244924
Published: 10 Nov 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Greenwillow Books
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 203mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 144

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