Have You Seen Mikki Olsen?

by Alex MacDonald (Author)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

This heartwarming story about a missing stuffed animal will amuse and comfort your little one. Read at bedtime for a soothing sendoff.

Penguin has a favorite stuffed animal named Mikki Olsen. Whatever Penguin does, wherever Penguin goes, Mikki is always right there next to him. After a very tiring day, Penguin rushes to bed. When he wakes up, Mikki has vanished! But can you find where he might be?

A calming, reassuring story about lost things hiding right under your nose. Have You Seen Mikki Olsen? teaches your child key skills and helps with their development by:

  • Providing sensory stimulation with colorful illustrations by fine artist Alex Macdonald.
  • Teaching them to quickly find things on a page.
  • Introducing arctic climates.
  • Demonstrating the shared love of a favorite stuffed animal.
  • Reassuring them about missing items.
  • Keeping the mind sharp with small details to find on each read.

Cute and colorful, this book is a joyous read for toddlers. Inspire giggles and calm from your child as they gleefully point out the bright pink toy on each page.

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$18.99

Kirkus Reviews

A soothing, sweet reminder that sometimes, missing objects are right under your…tush.

Review quotes

"Penguin carries his favourite toy Mikki Olsen everywhere with him. But then one day Mikki goes missing! A fun play on the "He's behind you" set-up by a Dorset-based author/illustrator."—The Bookseller
Alex MacDonald

Alex Macdonald has worked in the film industry as a scenic artist and painter for over twenty years (paintingsforfilms.com). He's a novelist, author-illustrator and fine artist, whose work has been sold by the Connaught Brown gallery in London. He lives in a small house in a hilltop town in Dorset, England, with his son, his son's girlfriend and a cat called Lionel. Have You Seen Mikki Olsen? is his debut picture book.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780711285316
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Ltd
Publication date
January 20, 2024
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV040000 - Juvenile Fiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets
JUV028000 - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
JUV002380 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Penguins
Library of Congress categories
Lost articles
Penguins
Picture books
Teddy bears
Animal fiction
Lost and found possesions
Manchots (Oiseaux)
Ours en peluche
Objets perdus

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