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Violet and Victor Write the Best-Ever Bookworm Book
- Author
- Alice Kuipers
- Narrator
- Emma Lysy
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Publish Date
- 26 January 2021
- Run Time
- 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
They begin to write a story about a hungry Bookworm who is eating all the books in the library. Thanks to Victor's brilliant ideas, Violet is able to save the day (and the library).
This delightful story-within-a-story is filled with good-natured sibling rivalry, and focuses on the spirit of cooperation, the satisfaction of a job well-done, and the magic of storytelling.
Critics Review
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"Murguia creates extravagant visual representations of the possibilities that await readers (and writers) of stories...Entertaining, and likely to inspire readers to try putting their own stories together."—Publishers Weekly
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"Clever fare for aspiring bookworms (especially siblings)."—Kirkus
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"Fascinating illustrations are fun to study...The great blend of text and illustrations combine for an enjoyable story about writing a story."—Booklist
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"A creative story and the sweetest tale ever."—School Library Connection
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Details
- Author
- Alice Kuipers
- Narrator
- Emma Lysy
- Duration
- 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781549104428
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Literature, books and writers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: siblings, Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Synopsis
Violet and Victor Small are twins on a mission: to write the best book in the whole, entire world--together! Victor is reluctant, but Violet is determined, and soon the ideas can't come quickly enough.They begin to write a story about a hungry Bookworm who is eating all the books in the library. Thanks to Victor's brilliant ideas, Violet is able to save the day (and the library).This delightful story-within-a-story is filled with good-natured sibling rivalry, and focuses on the spirit of cooperation, the satisfaction of a job well-done, and the magic of storytelling.
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