A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Readers rate it 4.0 (13 on Hardcover)
45 pages · Released May 25, 2010 · Macmillan
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This Caldecott Medal–winning picture book celebrates friendship, kindness, and reciprocal care through the relationship between a zookeeper and the animals he tends. When Amos falls ill, his animal friends return the favor by visiting and comforting him—a touching lesson in loyalty and compassion. The gentle story, warm illustrations, and simple narrative make it ideal for preschoolers and early elementary readers.
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Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick. Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- nyt:picture_books=2011-01-15
- New York Times bestseller
- Zoo keepers
- Zoo animals
- Juvenile Wit and humor
- Fiction
- Zoos
- Sick
- Cold (Disease)
- Friendship
- Tierpfleger
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ISBN 9781596434028 · Macmillan