Nice Try, Charlie!
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With his cart full of treasures and big green hat, Charlie is a neighborhood fixture. When he finds a pie, he sets off to find the owner – and helps some friends along the way.Poignant and funny, this story is an ode to resourcefulness and the compassion that turns neighbors into friends. Charlie and his friends might not have much – but they have each other.
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Matt James is a painter, author/illustrator and musician whose many highly acclaimed children’s books include Yellow Moon, Apple Moon by Pamela Porter (New Mexico Book Award); I Know Here by Laurel Croza (Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award) and its companion volume, From There to Here; and The Stone Thrower by Jael Ealey Richardson. Matt’s illustrations for Northwest Passage, a stunning tribute to the iconic Stan Rogers’ song, won the Governor General’s Literary Award. The Funeral is the first picture book he has written and illustrated. Matt lives in Toronto.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781773061801
- Publication Date
- September 1, 2020
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books
- Original Publication Date
- August 4, 2020
- Page Count
- 48
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- AD510L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~3.4
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