One Boy
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ONE BOY
(A Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press/October 2008)
(from inside flap)
ONE BOY ALL ALONE. TWO SEALS AT THE SEA. With this innovative counting book that also introduces the concept of words within words, an award-winning author once again breaks new ground.
2009 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book
American Library Association Notable Children’s Book, 2009
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, 2008
ALA Book Links “Lasting Connections of 2008″
A New York Public Library Best Book for Giving and Sharing, 2008
Booklist Editors’ Choice, 2008
A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2008
NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts, 2008
-starred review/Publishers Weekly
“… Seeger is as innovative as ever, improving a standard-issue concept with a game of words inside words.”
-starred review/School Library Journal
“… Seeger’s ability to transform everyday words and objects into an amazing picture book continues… Seeger has engineered a tribute to wordplay that is unmatched… ”
-starred review/Booklist
“… Seeger brings her considerable ingenuity to another clever picture book that works on many levels… A delight…”
-The Horn Book
“… Intriguing… For small children learning to count and older ones learning to read… This is ‘one to grow on’.”