Title: A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Author: Philip C. Stead
Illustrator: Erin Stead
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Year: 2010
ISBN: 978-1596434028
Genre: fiction
Topics: illness, zoo, animals, friendship,
Age Group: 2-8
Awards: New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book (2010),
Caldecott Medal (2011)
Dewey Category: 813.6Format: Picture book
The husband/wife duo of Philip and Erin Stead make a perfect match of prose and wood block illustrations in this new timeless classic. A Zookeeper who always takes special individual care of his zoo animals, wakes up sick one day. For a change of pace, the animals visit him at his home and recipricate the love and friendship he's always shown them.
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