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I'm the Boss!
Book 3 in Funny Little Books by Elise Gravel
- Subject
- Monsters
- Age
- 0-3 years
- Format
- Board Book
- Pages
- 30
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers USA
- Size
- 14.0 cm × 13.7 cm
- ISBN
- 9781459832947
I WANT TO BE THE BOSS!
Readers of all ages (but mostly the little ones) will understand how this tiny monster feels. For once in their life, this small beast wants to get everything it wants, right here, RIGHT NOW! While the grown-up monster can’t give them a plane they can fly or a cake with lots of candy on top, they can give them a really big hug when they feel upset. This delightful board book will make the little tyrants in your life giggle at the ridiculousness of the demands. And the text’s repetition of “A big one! Right now!” will have toddlers hollering along with glee. Orca apologizes in advance for any autocratic tendencies this book may inspire.
About the creators
Elise GravelAuthor
Elise Gravel is an award-winning author and illustrator. Well-known for her odd critters and unusual drawing style, Elise creates books that are popular with adults and children alike, such as the Disgusting Critters and Olga series. In 2012 she won the Governor General’s Award for Children's Literature—Illustration (French) for La clé à molette. Her books A Potato on a Bike, I Am Scary and The Wrench are also available from Orca. Elise lives in Montreal with her family.
Charles SimardTranslator
Charles Simard is a Québécois editor and translator from Tiohtià꞉ke / Montréal. He works as poetry, fiction, and nonfiction editor for Talonbooks in Vancouver on Coast Salish Territory. His published work includes the essay Littérature, analyse et forme: Herbert, Tolkien, Borges, Eco (EUE, 2010) and a number of translations for Orca Book Publishers, including Elise Gravel’s The Wrench and Myriam Daguzan Bernier’s dictionary of sexuality, Naked!. As a lexicographer, he has collaborated on the making of the popular linguistic suite Antidote in its bilingual editions. He holds a PhD in literature from Université de Montréal and was a postdoctoral fellow at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center.
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What reviewers said
“Bright, simple shapes and a deliberately repetitive layout give toddlers plenty to point to and anticipate, in a funny, right-out-of-real-life exploration of how to reach a win-win truce. For baby story hours, the lilt of the text and the sharply defined shapes will have the audience enthralled.”
“This is a silly read-aloud every toddler caregiver will relate to.”
“Will make for a fun read-aloud...Simple, true-to-life, and fun.”
“Children will delight in the fun ideas and the colourful illustrations, and adults will enjoy the story’s relatability. Recommended.”
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