Bad Bye, Good Bye by Deborah Underwood (2014, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100547928521
ISBN-139780547928524
eBay Product ID (ePID)168505007

Product Key Features

Book TitleBad Bye, Good Bye
Number of Pages32 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Social Themes / New Experience, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes, Bean, Jonathan
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorDeborah Underwood
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width11 in

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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2013-017616
Reviews"Underwood's simple, understated text. . . combines with Bean's expressive ink-and-watercolors to convey a child's visceral, emotional perspective on a long-distance move." - Booklist, starred review "Underwood's ultra-succinct verse hits all the emotional marks that go along with a big transition…Bean, meanwhile, seems to take the topic to heart by moving in a new direction himself. He does wonderful things with light, starting with a gloomy rain scene and ending with soft, welcoming twilight." -Publishers Weekly , starred review "This is a useful depiction of a family's physical move, but the strength is in the emotional journey that's expressed with a raw honesty." -Kirkus "Concisely chosen, two-word phrases accompany the atmospheric illustrations, which aptly portray the youngster's changing emotions and tell the complete story." -School Library Journal, "Underwood's simple, understated text. . . combines with Bean's expressive ink-and-watercolors to convey a child's visceral, emotional perspective on a long-distance move." - Booklist, starred review, "Underwood's simple, understated text. . . combines with Bean's expressive ink-and-watercolors to convey a child's visceral, emotional perspective on a long-distance move." - Booklist, starred review "Underwood's ultra-succinct verse hits all the emotional marks that go along with a big transition…Bean, meanwhile, seems to take the topic to heart by moving in a new direction himself. He does wonderful things with light, starting with a gloomy rain scene and ending with soft, welcoming twilight." -Publishers Weekly , starred review "This is a useful depiction of a family's physical move, but the strength is in the emotional journey that's expressed with a raw honesty." -Kirkus "Concisely chosen, two-word phrases accompany the atmospheric illustrations, which aptly portray the youngster's changing emotions and tell the complete story." -School Library Journal "This is a lovely portrayal of a child experiencing change as well as a graceful example of spare storytelling." -Bulletin, "Underwood's simple, understated text. . . combines with Bean's expressive ink-and-watercolors to convey a child's visceral, emotional perspective on a long-distance move." - Booklist, starred review "Underwood's ultra-succinct verse hits all the emotional marks that go along with a big transition…Bean, meanwhile, seems to take the topic to heart by moving in a new direction himself. He does wonderful things with light, starting with a gloomy rain scene and ending with soft, welcoming twilight." -Publishers Weekly , starred review, "Underwood's simple, understated text. . . combines with Bean's expressive ink-and-watercolors to convey a child's visceral, emotional perspective on a long-distance move." -- Booklist, starred review
Grade FromPreschool
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisMoving to a new town, new home, and new school is hard. But could the new destination have good surprises of its own? In a less-than-eighty-word picture book, see how a bad day turns good!, "Bad truck, bad guy; bad wave, bad bye . . ." A boy and his family are packing up their old home, and the morning feels scary and sad. But when he arrives at his new home, an evening of good byes awaits: bye to new friends, bye to glowing fireflies, bye to climbing trees. The New York Times bestselling author Deborah Underwood's spare text and the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award winner Jonathan Bean's lush, layered illustrations perfectly capture the complex emotions of moving day. The child-centric transition from dreary morning to cheerful evening comforts young readers facing big changes of their own., "Bad truck, bad guy; bad wave, bad bye . . ." A boy and his family are packing up their old home, and the morning feels scary and sad. But when he arrives at his new home, an evening of good byes awaits: bye to new friends, bye to glowing fireflies, bye to climbing trees. The New York Times bestselling author Deborah Underwood's spare text and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Jonathan Bean's lush, layered illustrations perfectly capture the complex emotions of moving day. The child-centric transition from dreary morning to cheerful evening comforts young readers facing big changes of their own.
LC Classification NumberPZ8.3.U562Bad 2014

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