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The Wicked Big Toddlah
  • Published: 15 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9780440417880
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $19.99

The Wicked Big Toddlah

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6 Feb 2018
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15 June 2010
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Timed to release with its sequel (The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes to New York), Kevin Hawkes's story of a giant baby is now in Dragonfly.

This was Kevin's first original picture book in many years, and with it, Kevin proves his standing as not just a talented artist but a gifted, funny storyteller. With the same sense of the absurd that characterizes his illustrations, Kevin tells the hilarious story of a giant baby in his first year of life,as he goes through all stages of devlopment. Related with a quientessential Maine twang, this book will have kids laughing large as they chart the development of a most unusual "toddlah." Humorous, wacky, and great fun, this is a story sure to appeal to kids and parents alike.

Absolutely nothing exciting happens in Maine . . . nothing, that is, except for the birth of one giant baby. "That's one wicked big toddlah you got there!" exclaims Uncle Bert . . . and so Toddie is named.Toddie's a baby just like any other . . . sort of. The thing is, he's big—really big. That means really big diapers, really big teeth, really big everything. From new booties that wear out the knitter to a bath in the ocean (it's fun to play with boats!), Toddie goes through all the stages of baby's first year . . . it's just a little different for Toddie.Kids will laugh out loud as they see Toddie get into more and more trouble. . . it's time for giant laughs all around!
  • Published: 15 June 2010
  • ISBN: 9780440417880
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Kevin Hawkes

Kevin Hawkes is the author and illustrator of The Wicked Big Toddlah and The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes to New York, and is the illustrator of many well-loved books for young readers including Imagine That:! How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat, Library Lion, My Little Sister Ate One Hare, My Little Sister Hugged an Ape, And to Think That We Thought That We'd Never Be Friends, The Road to Oz, Velma Gratch, and The Way Cool Butterfly. He lives in Gorham, Maine.
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Also by Kevin Hawkes

Remy and Lulu
Remy and Lulu: Read & Listen Edition
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Road to Oz
The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes To New York
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
My Little Sister Ate One Hare
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Praise for The Wicked Big Toddlah

Praise for The Wicked Big Toddlah:

"The humor lies in the text's straightfaced treatment of a normal rambunctious infancy contrasted with the illustrations' depiction of the outragouesly outsized kid's antics." --The Bulletin
"Each lush spread in Hawkes's characteristic style uses space and perspective to particular advantage...The many bits of visual humor will keep youngsters poring back and forth over the pages." --School Library Journal
"Hawkes develops the tall-tale logic for all it's worth in illustrations that burst with comic details...big, bright pictures ideal for group sharing." --The Horn Book Magazine

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