Awards

• Commended for Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (Picture Book) 2012
• Short-listed for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Picture) 2014
• Short-listed for Red Clover Award 2013
• Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Primary) 2014
• Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award 2012

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"Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2011: ""...this ingenious foray into breaking into a new neighborhood makes for an amusing and appealing story."" Starred Review, Booklist, October 15, 2011: ""The story’s simple charm comes to life in Juster’s well-paced, spare language. Karas’ deft mixed-media sketches carry remarkable weight. A harmonious blend of text and illustration, this is a warm, reassuring choice for all children who know the anxieties that come with big life changes."""

Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2011: <br> Karas places likably scruffy-looking children across the spreads and, in sync with the call-outs for Neville, stretches out hand-written versions of the name in various sizes and colors, cleverly capturing the evolving event with wit and energy. Although Juster doesn't reveal who Neville is until the last page, sharp readers will guess his identity early on. Nevertheless, this ingenious foray into breaking into a new neighborhood makes for an amusing and appealing story.

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NORTON JUSTER is the acclaimed author of the children's novel The Phantom Tollbooth, and the Caldecott-winning picture book, The Hello, Goodbye Window, among others. His book The Dot and the Line was made into an Academy Award winning film. He was also a practicing architect until his retirement. G. BRIAN KARAS is the prolific, versatile, and award-winning illustrator and writer of many books for children, including Clever Jack Takes the Cake, which received four starred reviews; How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?; Are You Going to Be Good?, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Home on the Bayou, which was the recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. You can visit him at GbrianKaras.com.

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