Baby Clown
What's Baby Clown About
An award-winning author and a Caldecott Medalist introduce an adorable new circus star – who won’t stop wailing! When Frieda and Boffo Clown have a baby, everyone in the circus is over the moon. But there is just one problem: Baby Clown won’t stop crying! Frieda and Boffo try everything: putting on their silliest faces, driving him around in their tiny car. They even try taking off his red nose and big shoes. But that just makes Baby Clown cry more. Can Frieda and Boffo turn his little clown frown upside down in time for the sold-out show? Kara LaReau deftly juggles wit and warmth in this hilarious nod to parental persistence, while Matthew Cordell’s big-top-bright illustrations bring Baby Clown and his circus family to humorously frazzled life. Older siblings, in particular, will step right up to this applause-worthy picture book, joining Baby Clown in many a heartfelt “WAAAAH!”
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Kara LaReau was an editor at Candlewick until she became a full-time writer. She has published many acclaimed picture books for children, including Ugly Fish, Rabbit & Squirrel, Otto: The Boy Who Loved Cars, and the Geisel Award–winning chapter-book series the Infamous Ratsos. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Matthew Cordell is author and illustrator of Wolf in the Snow, winner of the Caldecott Medal, Trouble Gum, Another Brother, hello! hello!, and Wish. He has illustrated the books of renowned authors including Philip Stead (Special Delivery), Rachel Vail (the Justin Case series), and Gail Carson Levine (Forgive Me, I Meant To Do It). He lives outside of Chicago with his wife, the novelist Julie Halpern, and their two children.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780763697433
- Publication Date
- April 14, 2020
- Publisher
- Candlewick
- Original Publication Date
- April 14, 2020
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 17
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 3 - 7 years
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~348L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~K
- ATOS® Book Level
- 2.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 509568
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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