Children's Fiction Emotions & Feelings
Toby Tootles
- Publisher
- Sleeping Bear Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2023
- Category
- Emotions & Feelings, Multigenerational, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Humorous Stories
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- k to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 7
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781534111790
- Publish Date
- Mar 2023
- List Price
- $24.99
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Description
Toby is having the best birthday party ever until an ill-timed and unintended toot draws unwelcome attention and teasing. Poor Toby--he is so embarrassed! And now everyone is calling him "Tootles." To get out from under his cloud of shame, Toby goes to visit his grandmother, hoping to get some sympathy and understanding. But as it turns out, Grandma is a bit of a gasbag herself with her own windy issues. She toots not once, not twice, but THREE times during Toby's visit. And she's not even embarrassed about it! But Toby is. He's embarrassed by her and for her. It's only when Toby is facing another digestive episode that he realizes maybe it's time to follow Grandma's lead and not let little things get in the way of enjoying life. After all, gas happens! A sweet and funny lesson on how to handle life's hiccups and other unexpected "eruptions."
About the authors
Stephanie Gibeault is an award-winning freelance writer who lives just outside Toronto, Canada. As both a biologist and a professional dog trainer, she’s been swarmed by monkeys, grumbled at by gorillas, and covered in fur and drool. Now Stephanie writes books for children that feature tooty humor or science. She’s usually found reading her latest work out loud and laughing at her own silly jokes. She hopes her neighbors can’t hear! Visit her at stephaniegibeault.com and on Twitter @GibeaultWrites.
