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Camp Tiger

Author Susan Choi
Illustrated by John Rocco
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$17.99 US
Penguin Young Readers | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
9.37"W x 11.25"H x 0.38"D   | 19 oz | 24 per carton
On sale May 21, 2019 | 40 Pages | 978-0-399-17329-5
Age 4-6 years | Preschool - 1
Reading Level: Lexile 560L | Fountas & Pinnell N
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Six Starred Reviews!

Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2019

A 2019 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids

Imagination meets reality in this poetic and tender ode to childhood, illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner, John Rocco.

Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond.

Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire.

But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all . . . this year, a tiger comes to the woods.

With lyrical prose and dazzling art, Pulitzer Prize finalist Susan Choi and Caldecott-honor winning artist John Rocco have created a moving and joyful ode to growing up.
Praise for Camp Tiger:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Six Starred Reviews!
A 2019 Booklist Editors’ Choice 
Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2019
A 2019 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids

★ "Caldecott Honoree Rocco's stunning paintings feature a range of perspectives...allowing [them] to leap off the pages. Youngsters will thrill at the possibilities presented in Pulitzer Prize–winner Choi’s tale, which combines fantasy with the everyday."—Booklist, starred review

★ "A multilayered coming-of-age story filled with exquisitely executed art."—Kirkus, starred review

★ "[A] resonant tale of family connectedness, burgeoning independence, and embracing the new and unknown."—Publishers Weekly, starred review 

★ "The mixed media illustrations are stunning. This beautiful paring of text and illustrations is an excellent choice for group sharing and can spark discussion about ways to cope with new situations."—The School Library Journal, starred review

★ "Leaves readers with a sense of quiet wonderment.” –BookPage, starred review

★ "Youngsters will welcome this fantasy-touched acknowledgment of the challenges of growing up.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review  

“A moving story about a young boy finding his independent spirit.” --Shelf Awareness

"Stunning watercolor illustrations highlight a child’s growing independence." --New York Public Library

Susan Choi is the author of the novels My Education, A Person of Interest, American Woman, and The Foreign Student. Her work has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award and the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. She’s received NEA and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships. She lives in Brooklyn.

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John Rocco is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Blackout, the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, and How We Got to the Moon, which received a Sibert Honor and was longlisted for the National Book Award. John, also an ambassador for Wild Tomorrow, ventures with Hayley into the wild in search of stories they can bring back and share with readers everywhere. John and Hayley live in Rhode Island in an old house tucked in the woods near the sea. Visit John at roccoart.com and follow him on Instagram @roccoart. View titles by John Rocco

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Six Starred Reviews!

Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2019

A 2019 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids

Imagination meets reality in this poetic and tender ode to childhood, illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner, John Rocco.

Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond.

Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire.

But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all . . . this year, a tiger comes to the woods.

With lyrical prose and dazzling art, Pulitzer Prize finalist Susan Choi and Caldecott-honor winning artist John Rocco have created a moving and joyful ode to growing up.

Praise

Praise for Camp Tiger:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Six Starred Reviews!
A 2019 Booklist Editors’ Choice 
Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2019
A 2019 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids

★ "Caldecott Honoree Rocco's stunning paintings feature a range of perspectives...allowing [them] to leap off the pages. Youngsters will thrill at the possibilities presented in Pulitzer Prize–winner Choi’s tale, which combines fantasy with the everyday."—Booklist, starred review

★ "A multilayered coming-of-age story filled with exquisitely executed art."—Kirkus, starred review

★ "[A] resonant tale of family connectedness, burgeoning independence, and embracing the new and unknown."—Publishers Weekly, starred review 

★ "The mixed media illustrations are stunning. This beautiful paring of text and illustrations is an excellent choice for group sharing and can spark discussion about ways to cope with new situations."—The School Library Journal, starred review

★ "Leaves readers with a sense of quiet wonderment.” –BookPage, starred review

★ "Youngsters will welcome this fantasy-touched acknowledgment of the challenges of growing up.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review  

“A moving story about a young boy finding his independent spirit.” --Shelf Awareness

"Stunning watercolor illustrations highlight a child’s growing independence." --New York Public Library

Author

Susan Choi is the author of the novels My Education, A Person of Interest, American Woman, and The Foreign Student. Her work has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award and the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. She’s received NEA and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships. She lives in Brooklyn.

View titles by Susan Choi
John Rocco is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Blackout, the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, and How We Got to the Moon, which received a Sibert Honor and was longlisted for the National Book Award. John, also an ambassador for Wild Tomorrow, ventures with Hayley into the wild in search of stories they can bring back and share with readers everywhere. John and Hayley live in Rhode Island in an old house tucked in the woods near the sea. Visit John at roccoart.com and follow him on Instagram @roccoart. View titles by John Rocco

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