{"product_id":"penguin-days-paperback","title":"Penguin Days - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Leach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Bender\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2020 Bank Street Best Book and\u003cbr\u003ethe second title in the acclaimed Slug Days Stories, now in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLauren\u003cbr\u003eand her family drive to a farm in North Dakota to visit relatives and celebrate\u003cbr\u003eher Auntie Joss' wedding. But Lauren finds to her dismay that she is expected\u003cbr\u003eto do more than meet adults who hug her and invade her personal space. Lauren\u003cbr\u003eis going to be--horror of all horrors--a flower girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLauren\u003cbr\u003ehas Autism Spectrum Disorder, and she sees the world a little differently from\u003cbr\u003eother kids. What makes her comfortable are her routines and her strategies to\u003cbr\u003emanage her anxiety, which can get out of control in no time. So it is a\u003cbr\u003echallenge to deal with her rambunctious cousins, try on scratchy dresses, and\u003cbr\u003efollow impossible directions about going down aisles\u003cbr\u003eslowly-but-not-like-a-sloth and tossing pretend flowers around. Is it any\u003cbr\u003esurprise that Lauren flips her lid more than once? But while having an extended\u003cbr\u003efamily seems like a lot of trouble at first, she's about to learn just how much\u003cbr\u003ethey can care for one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePenguin Days\u003c\/i\u003e, two award winners revisit\u003cbr\u003esecond-grader Lauren from the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSlug\u003cbr\u003eDays \u003c\/i\u003ewith equal humor and empathy. Drawing on her experience teaching\u003cbr\u003echildren with ASD, Sara Leach creates an energetic character who stomps\u003cbr\u003eeloquently off the page. And Rebecca Bender's delightful black-and-white\u003cbr\u003eillustrations show, in Lauren's fraught situations and facial expressions, all\u003cbr\u003ethe love and assertiveness that could possibly dwell together in one unique, \u003cbr\u003elittle person. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170351059079,"sku":"9781772782752","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1c926ef22dcc89d487279f663832461b.webp?v=1733347567","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/penguin-days-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}