This or That
A Story about Choosing
Published on 22. April 2022
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-88448-871-2 (ISBN)
Description
Alexander can't decide on a Halloween costume, so he winds up as a pumpkin; he can't decide what to wear to school, so he misses the bus; he can't decide what school lunch to eat, so he winds up with tuna casserole.
Alexander's breakthrough comes on his birthday, when he asks for a sundae with everything but then realizes that chocolate swirl is all he wants. After that, Alexander finds his own decision-making style: not as deliberate as his mother or as quick to decide as his father, but somewhere in between. And when he tells his mom he wants a baby brother, he learns that sometimes "you get what you get, and that can be OK too."
Alexander's breakthrough comes on his birthday, when he asks for a sundae with everything but then realizes that chocolate swirl is all he wants. After that, Alexander finds his own decision-making style: not as deliberate as his mother or as quick to decide as his father, but somewhere in between. And when he tells his mom he wants a baby brother, he learns that sometimes "you get what you get, and that can be OK too."
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Product notice
Picture book
Illustrations
full color
Dimensions
Height: 263 mm
Width: 240 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88448-871-2 (9780884488712)
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E-Book
03/2022
Tilbury House Publishers
€16.99
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Persons
Kell Andrews is a writer, editor, and content manager for higher education and philanthropy. Her picture books include The Book Dragon (Sterling, 2018) and Mira Forecasts the Future (Sterling, 2016), which was a Children's Book of the Month/Children's Book Club selection, Barnes & Noble Best Picture Book, B&N National Storytime selection, a short-list finalist for the Green Earth Book Award, a finalist for the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and a finalist for the OpenIDEO Early Childhood Book Challenge. Her poetry and fiction have been published in Spider and Ladybug. Her two kids inspire the characters in her books. She supports her books on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads. Hector Borlasca studied law before finding his true passion in the arts. He began his career as a graphic designer but eventually developed a unique illustration style. His work has appeared in advertising campaigns, magazines, newspapers, picture books, and textbooks in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Mexico. Until now he has been less well-known in the US, where his books include Yiddish Saves the Day (Behrman House, 2019), Big Kid Shoes (Scholastic, 2011), The Magic Words (Red Chair Press, 2012), and Trick or Treat (Golden Books, 2006).