Have You Seen Axel?
Will be published approx. on 22. October 2026
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-6659-7079-2 (ISBN)
Description
Packed with funny animals and wildly detailed scenes, this laugh-out-loud picture book companion to Have You Seen Gordon? cleverly riffs on classic seek-and-find books with a main character who's a little too good at hiding.
Have you seen Axel the axolotl? Is she taking a dive? Is she performing live? Where the heck is she? Wow, she's pretty good at this game...
Axel the axolotl takes her turn in the spotlight only to prove so good at hiding, she's impossible to find! The narrator of this hilarious seek-and-find story coaches her on how to be seek-able until Axel is done playing. Then it's time for Axel and her friends to be the teachers and set the narrator straight about what is and isn't okay.
This madcap, fourth wall-breaking picture book is full of humor and full, zany spreads with details kids will return to again and again.
Have you seen Axel the axolotl? Is she taking a dive? Is she performing live? Where the heck is she? Wow, she's pretty good at this game...
Axel the axolotl takes her turn in the spotlight only to prove so good at hiding, she's impossible to find! The narrator of this hilarious seek-and-find story coaches her on how to be seek-able until Axel is done playing. Then it's time for Axel and her friends to be the teachers and set the narrator straight about what is and isn't okay.
This madcap, fourth wall-breaking picture book is full of humor and full, zany spreads with details kids will return to again and again.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
Picture book
Illustrations
f-c digital coated (scuff-free matte jkt spfx: spot gloss, emboss + sculpt emboss)
Dimensions
Height: 292 mm
Width: 235 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-6659-7079-2 (9781665970792)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Adam Jay Epstein
Have You Seen Axel?
E-Book
approx. 10/2026
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
€10.87
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Persons
Adam Jay Epstein spent his childhood in Great Neck, New York, when he wasn't held captive aboard his father's sailboat. He spent many days sitting in the neighborhood park, travelling to fantasy lands in his head (occasionally when he was supposed to be doing his homework). In college, he circled the world on a ship and studied film at Wesleyan University. He is the author of the middle grade series Snared and picture books Have You Seen Gordon? and Have You Seen Axel?. Adam is also the coauthor of the Starbounders and the internationally bestselling The Familiars middle grade series. He has written film and television projects for Disney, Sony, Fox, MGM, Paramount, MTV, Hulu, Syfy, and Disney Channel. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two daughters, and dog, Pixel.
Ruth Chan is an award-winning author and illustrator including her graphic memoir Uprooted, which earned a Boston-Globe Horn Book Honor. Prior to illustrating full time, she spent her teens in China and a decade working with youth and families in underserved communities. She is a proud Canadian who now lives by the beach in NYC with her husband, daughter, and dog, Leroy. Visit ohtruth.com for more info.
Ruth Chan is an award-winning author and illustrator including her graphic memoir Uprooted, which earned a Boston-Globe Horn Book Honor. Prior to illustrating full time, she spent her teens in China and a decade working with youth and families in underserved communities. She is a proud Canadian who now lives by the beach in NYC with her husband, daughter, and dog, Leroy. Visit ohtruth.com for more info.