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Children's Fiction Sounds

Checkers and Dot on the Farm

by (author) J. Torres

illustrated by J. Lum

Publisher
Tundra
Initial publish date
May 2013
Category
Sounds, Friendship, Farm Animals
Recommended Age
1 to 3
Recommended Grade
p to 12
  • Board book

    ISBN
    9781770494435
    Publish Date
    May 2013
    List Price
    $8.99

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Description

The high contrast, patterned art in these board books has been especially designed for babies and tots.
Checkers and Dot on the Farm follows Checkers and Dot to the farm, where they meet some animal friends and learn some new animal sounds.

About the authors

 

JOSEPH TORRES est un auteur de bandes dessinées philippino-canadien. Il a notamment écrit les livres de la série Alison Dare, mise en nomination pour le prix Eisner, ainsi que ceux de la série Bigfoot Boy. Lauréat du prix Joe Shuster en tant qu’« écrivain exceptionnel », Joseph Torres a travaillé sur une foule de bandes dessinées, dont Avatar, Batman, Les Simpsons, WALL-E, Wonder Woman et X-Men. Joseph Torres est né à Manille et a grandi à Montréal, où il a fréquenté l’Université McGill. Il vit avec sa famille en banlieue de Toronto, en Ontario.

 

J. TORRES is a Canadian comic book writer. He is perhaps best known for his run on DC Comics' Teen Titans Go, the Eisner-nominated Alison Dare, and the Junior Library Guild/TD Summer Reading Club title Bigfoot Boy. Winner of the Shuster Award for "Outstanding Writer," Torres has worked with characters from A (Archies) to Z (The Mighty Zodiac) and many more in between (Avatar, Batman, Ninja Scroll, Simpsons, WALL-E, Wonder Woman, Yo Gabba Gabba, and X-Men, to name a few).

 

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Editorial Reviews

“…The appealing black-and-white illustrations feature lots of interesting patterns sure to get little ones’ attention…. These Checkers and Dot adventures … are nifty for leaving in baby’s reach for spontaneous exploration and play.”
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