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April & Mae and the Animal ShelterThe Thursday BookBy:Megan Dowd Lambert / Illustrated by:Briana DengoueAdopt your new best friend today!It's Thursday, and April and Mae want to help the new animal shelter. Mae is good at helping with her hands, and April
By:Megan Dowd Lambert / Illustrated by:Briana Dengoue
It’s Thursday, and April and Mae want to help the new animal shelter. Mae is good at helping with her hands, and April wants to help with her words. While Mae plans a lemonade stand to raise money for cat food, April writes a letter to the newspaper encouraging pet adoption but wonders whether that will make a difference. Mae helps her to see that even little actions can contribute to change bit by bit!
With imagination and humor, Every Day with April & Mae brings all there is to know and love about friendship to life in a way kids can both relate to and learn from, making this a perfect fit for young readers ready to step up from picture books.
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Megan Dowd Lambert, author
Megan Dowd Lambertis the author ofA Kid of Their Own,A Crow of His Own,Real Sisters Pretend, andReading Picture Books with Children. Her experiences as a white mother of seven children in a blended, multiracial, queer, adoptive family inform her work as an author, reviewer, and educator. A former children’s literature instructor at Simmons University, Megan reviews and writes forKirkusandHorn Book; is a consultant with EmbraceRace, a community focused on race and kids; and serves on the curation team of Our Shelves, a subscription box service that features racially diverse, LGBTQ+, and feminist characters and families.
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Briana Dengoue, illustrator
Briana Dengoueis a Philadelphia-born-and-based illustrator and graphic designer. She holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and is a firm believer in the fact that representation matters. She is always hoping that her work reaches someone who may look like her and see the world like her.
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Children’s Literature
April and Mae are best friends, and so are their cat and dog. Every day, they do an activity together. One day, they decide to help at an animal shelter. Since April and Mae are good at different things, they help the shelter in different ways. Mae makes and sells lemonade to raise money for the shelter. April writes a letter to the editor of the local newspaper, asking readers to adopt pets from the shelter. Cheery illustrations effectively show a range of emotions April and Mae experience throughout this story. Though both girls get discouraged along the way and worry their help won’t be enough to care for all the animals at the shelter, they ultimately comfort and encourage one another. A positive message and gently paced story make this a great storyand buddy seriesfor early elementary school readers.
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-262-7
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-62354-414-0
Ages: 5-8
Page count: 48
6 x 9
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