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    Shy Charles

    Author Rosemary Wells
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    $8.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Puffin Books
    8.5"W x 10.5"H x 0.13"D   | 5 oz | 100 per carton
    On sale Jun 25, 2001 | 32 Pages | 9780140568431
    Age 4-8 years | Preschool - 3
    Reading Level: Lexile 500L | Fountas & Pinnell L
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    Charles is a mouse of few words. He doesn’t like to talk, and he’s perfectly happy playing by himself. But his parents are not happy. “It’s time he played football or joined the ballet,” says Charles’s father. So off Charles goes to ballet class, where he curls up and pretends to be asleep. Football proves even less successful. Will anything bring Charles out of his shell?

    “A nicely told fable as helpful for their parents as for shy children in need of respect.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Wells has a time-tested talent for taking a keenly felt emotion—in this case shyness—and exploring it in a manner that is reassuring to young listeners.”
    —Booklist

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    Rosemary Wells is the author of 120 books for children, including more than 40 about the beloved bunnies Max and Ruby. She travels all over the country as a tireless advocate for literacy. Wells was born in New Jersey to a playwright father and ballet dancer mother who encouraged her artistic bent. She worked as an art director and designer before illustrating her first book. She is the mother of two grown daughters, Victoria and Marguerite, and grandmother to four girls. View titles by Rosemary Wells

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    Charles is a mouse of few words. He doesn’t like to talk, and he’s perfectly happy playing by himself. But his parents are not happy. “It’s time he played football or joined the ballet,” says Charles’s father. So off Charles goes to ballet class, where he curls up and pretends to be asleep. Football proves even less successful. Will anything bring Charles out of his shell?

    “A nicely told fable as helpful for their parents as for shy children in need of respect.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Wells has a time-tested talent for taking a keenly felt emotion—in this case shyness—and exploring it in a manner that is reassuring to young listeners.”
    —Booklist

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    © n/a
    Rosemary Wells is the author of 120 books for children, including more than 40 about the beloved bunnies Max and Ruby. She travels all over the country as a tireless advocate for literacy. Wells was born in New Jersey to a playwright father and ballet dancer mother who encouraged her artistic bent. She worked as an art director and designer before illustrating her first book. She is the mother of two grown daughters, Victoria and Marguerite, and grandmother to four girls. View titles by Rosemary Wells

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