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This delightful board book will make the little ones in your life giggle at the absurdity of a fly on the phone and a carrot in the tub. The text's repeated asking, "Have you ever seen...?" preceding the refrain "No way!" will have toddlers yelling "No way!" themselves as you read through these silly situations.
Celebrated artist Elise Gravel brings the silly to a new level in A Potato on a Bike, because really, has anyone ever seen a broccoli counting to ten or a sausage reading a book? But wait, how about a...baby being tickled?! Uh-oh, I think the answer for that is--yes way!
Gravel's board book imagines common foods and everyday objects participating in human tasks. In each spread, text on the verso asks an illustrated question, "Down by the Bay" style: "Have you ever seen a carrot taking a bath?" shows the bucktoothed root vegetable soaking in a clawfoot tub. A recurring bright pink phrase on the recto answers: "NO WAY!" Shown in Gravel's signature art style, "Have you ever seen"s include a shiny singing tomato, a reading sausage propped up against a pillow, a fork driving a bright pink car, a toothbrush flying through the sky with wings, and a swirl of poop wearing spectacles ("Without them, I can't see a thing," it says). The simple call and response is made for young readers fond of the absurd, and the list of silly queries all lead up to a concluding "YES WAY!" that highlights the joy of further laughter. Ages up to 2. (Oct.)
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Elise Gravel is an award-winning author/illustrator from Quebec. She was the winner of the 2013 Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration in French, and is well-known in Quebec for her original, wacky picture books. She has published a number of books with US publisher Blue Apple and is currently working on a graphic novel for Roaring Brook Press. Having completed her studies in graphic design, Elise found herself quickly swept up into the glamorous world of illustration. Her old design habits drive her to work a little text here and there into her drawings and she loves to handle the design of her assignments from start to finish. She is inspired by social causes and is likes projects that can handle a good dose of eccentricity. Elise Gravel es una autora e ilustradora galardonada de Quebec. Fue la ganadora del Premio del Gobernador General de Ilustración Infantil en francés de 2013 y es muy conocida en Quebec por sus libros ilustrados originales y extravagantes. Ha publicado varios libros con la editorial estadounidense Blue Apple y actualmente está trabajando en una novela gráfica para Roaring Brook Press. Tras completar sus estudios en diseño gráfico, Elise se vio rápidamente envuelta en el glamuroso mundo de la ilustración. Sus antiguos hábitos de diseño la impulsan a incluir un poco de texto aquí y allá en sus dibujos y le encanta encargarse del diseño de sus trabajos de principio a fin. Se inspira en causas sociales y le gustan los proyectos que pueden soportar una buena dosis de excentricidad.
