Two Tales of Twenty-Six
- Publisher
- Red Deer Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2024
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 8
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780889957466
- Publish Date
- Dec 2024
- List Price
- $23.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780889957398
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $23.95
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Description
Parallel adventures unfold in this unique book that holds two stories in one! Meet Walter the mouse, who conquers the twenty-six cats that stand between him and the outside world, and - when readers turn the book upside down and back-to-front - meet Liam the boy who conquers the twenty-six letters of the alphabet so he can read Walter's tale.
When these two stories meet in the middle with Walter outsmarting the cats, and Liam learning to read, the two protagonists enter each other's world.
About the authors
Stephanie Simpson McLellan
is the author of the stunning The Christmas Wind, published by Red Deer in 2018, as well as a number of other picture books, including the award—winning The Chicken Cat. She lives in Newmarket, Ontario.
Stephanie Simpson McLellan's profile page
Mike Deas est auteur-illustrateur de bandes dessinées, telles que Tank and Fizz and The Case of the Tentacle Terror. Il signe aussi les illustrations de la série Graphic Guide Adventure. Sa passion pour l'illustration a été entretenue tout au long de son enfance à l'île Saltspring, en Colombie-Britannique où il habite encore aujourd'hui.
MIKE DEAS is an author/illustrator of graphic novels, most recently Tank and Fizz and the Case of the Tentacle Terror. He is the illustrator of the Graphic Guide Adventure series. His love for illustrative storytelling comes from an early love of reading and drawing while growing up on Saltspring Island, British Columbia. Visit him online at www.deasillustration.com.
Editorial Reviews
"I'm usually not enamoured with t�te-b�che books but Two Tales of Twenty-Six is more than the sum of its parts and that's why it's extraordinary. It's a book that is geared to its audience perfectly, encouraging our youngest children in their reading, especially if they are frustrated, and allowing them to see themselves in a story while taking a step up in their reading from picture books."
— CanLit for Little Canadians
"Kids will love how, after reading one story, they can turn the book over and upside down for the second one. The two stories meet in the middle when both Walter and Liam find solutions to their problems. It's a clever device and a metaphor for the work it takes to decipher letters and combine them to make words. I can imagine reading 'Walter in the World' first, and then inverting the book for 'Liam and the Letters,' which has shorter sentences in briefer lines and more repetition. Expressive multimedia color artwork makes the reading fun and helps the beginning reader really get the characters' frustrations. Liam is a brown-skinned boy and Walter appears to be living in the same house, which is a neat convention. I really like how this book covers the feelings around reading, and reduces the big problem to 26 small ones.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5."
— Youth Services Book Review
