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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-Gr 1—In this touching story of an unlikely, but fulfilling companionship, Vernon the toad searches high and low for his shy and seemingly lost new friend, Bird. Right from the beginning, Stead's emotional and detailed mixed-media illustrations inform readers what Vernon does not know-that Bird fell out of a cuckoo clock off a pickup truck before being foun...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2012
Stead (author of A Sick Day for Amos McGee, rev. 5/10) returns with another terrific tale of devoted friendship. Starting on the copyright page, we see a little bird thrown from the back of a stuffed-to-the-gills moving truck. This little wooden blue bird with button eyes soon meets a toad named Vernon, who seems to know that the mute and inanimate Bird is lost and in search of a home, and who sets off to help Bird find that home. Stead's loose-edged watercolor, ink, and crayon illustrations are delightfully casual, with an emotional quality that draws the read...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
On the copyright page, we see a little wooden bird thrown from the back of a moving truck. This bird soon meets a toad named ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
