Overview
Digga-digga-digga-digga, zat, zoom, crash! Leslie Patricelli's lovable (but noisy!) character finds an ingenious way to create a sound all his own. Even before he was born, Mike started drumming. Kick! Thump! Pow! Wherever he goes, his rhythms sing: swis, thak, go his books; bang, clank, goes the trash can; tap, tap, go his pencils; and “BE QUIET, MIKE!” yells everyone around him. But one day Mike sees a drum set in a store window — and puts his hands-on talents to work in a most impressive way. With the bold graphic style and clever details her readers love, Leslie Patricelli strikes a cymbal for active, high-energy little monkeys everywhere.
Full Product Details
Author: Leslie Patricelli
Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 25.00cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 24.70cm
Weight: 0.424kg
ISBN: 9780763644772
ISBN 10: 0763644773
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 23 August 2011
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Her bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy.<br>--Publisher's Weekly<br><br>A marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat.<br>--Kirkus Reviews<br><br>The bright, ever-changing background hues keep the focus on Mike and the onomatopoeic words scattered throughout the story. Children who can't sit still will love meeting Mike, and frustrated parents will see a solution to their own be-bopping child in this effervescent drummer.<br>--School Library Journal
Patricelli's bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy.--Publishers Weekly A marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat.--Kirkus Reviews Her bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy.--Publisher's WeeklyA marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat.--Kirkus ReviewsThe bright, ever-changing background hues keep the focus on Mike and the onomatopoeic words scattered throughout the story. Children who can't sit still will love meeting Mike, and frustrated parents will see a solution to their own be-bopping child in this effervescent drummer.--School Library Journal
Patricelli's bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy.<br>--Publishers Weekly<br><br>A marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat.<br>--Kirkus Reviews
Patricelli's bright acrylic pictures are the definition of upbeat and bouncy, and she gives the irrepressible, well-meaning Mike unexpected depth and poignancy. --Publishers Weekly A marvelous model of a family ultimately nurturing the member who marches to his own beat. --Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Leslie Patricelli is the author-illustrator of the award-winning Higher! Higher! and two stories about the Patterson puppies. She is also the creator of a series of best-selling board books starring an adorable bald baby. Leslie Patricelli lives in Ketchum, Idaho, with her husband (a drummer!) and three children.
