Poor Little Guy
-
- $7.99
-
- $7.99
Publisher Description
With the cheeky twist of Jon Klassen’s This Is Not My Hat and the graphic appeal of Mo Willems, Poor Little Guy will leave kids giggling…and begging for rereads!
What do you do when you're so tiny that the bigger ocean creatures think you might even taste adorable?
An itsy-bitsy, glasses-wearing fish is minding his own business when a playful (and hungry) octopus snatches him right up. Luckily, this poor little guy is not quite as innocent as he seems…and he has a BIG surprise up his sleeve!
Told with wit, a wink, and a delightfully dark sense of humor, Poor Little Guy celebrates the very smallest...and all of their giant victories. Hand this cute but mighty book to fans of Bob Shea and Dan Krall.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The ocean can be a tough place, and Allen's eponymous hero, a diminutive bespectacled fish that resembles a tennis ball with fins, has found himself in the path of an octopus so huge that even the margins of the page can't contain him. Worse, Octopus uses his tentacles to toy with Little Guy, creating a maze, a cage, and then in a move that should vanquish any ideas that Octopus is just a genial galoot a serving platter. But when the right moment presents itself, Little Guy reveals that he's actually a very prickly puffer fish, turning the tables and the title on his bully. Allen (the Eva and Sadie books) renders the ocean in pale swirls of green and blue that create a powerful sense of underwater movement; her calligraphic hand-lettered text swims in and around the action. Though figuring out where to focus takes a little work, if readers keep their eye on Little Guy, they'll be rewarded with a clever and visually striking tale that proves revenge is a dish best served wet. Ages 3 5.
