Argus
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781406331370 (1406331376)
Publish date: July 1st 2011
Publisher: Walker & Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Juvenile,
Picture Books,
Animals,
Storytime,
Dragons
Cute, classroom romp about being different. Recommended!
All of Sally’s class was doing a science project with eggs. Sally’s egg looked different than the other children’s eggs. When the eggs hatched, Sally noticed that her chick, who she named Argus, looked different than the other chicks, green, scaly, and with big yellow eyes. Sally’s teacher reminded ...
Argus offers a nice take on the 'different is cool' theme that is becoming so common in picture books. Sally is given an egg that looks different from all of her classmates' for a class project. The teacher brushes off her worries even when it becomes increasingly clear that Sally's egg is REALLY ...