Product Key Features
Book TitleThis Way, Charlie : a Picture Book
Number of Pages40 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicAnimals / Farm Animals, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, Animals / Horses, General, Social Themes / Friendship
IllustratorSantoso, Charles, Yes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorCaron Levis
Book SeriesFeeling Friends Ser.
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2019-011520
Dewey Edition23
Reviews. . .this picture book has a good deal to offer. The wellcrafted, quiet text focuses on the two animals and tells their story in a simple, childlike manner. With rounded forms, soft edges, and layered colors, the illustrations create the characters and their varied moods expressively. , This gentle story's positive messages about patience, kindness, and friendship are reinforced in soft illustrations that resemble impressionistic watercolors. . . Memorable and moving., **STARRED REVIEW** "This picture book has much to offer for young readers about life's challenges and how we handle them. Levis ( Ida, Always ) excels at crafting emotional, but never saccharine, tales of friendship. Strongly recommend.", The wellcrafted, quiet text focuses on the two animals and tells their story in a simple, childlike manner. With rounded forms, soft edges, and layered colors, the illustrations create the characters and their varied moods expressively. , **STARRED REVIEW** "This picture book has much to offer for young readers about life's challenges and how we handle them."
Grade FromPreschool
Dewey DecimalE
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisFrom author Caron Levis and illustrator Charles Santoso -- the award-winning team behind Ida, Always --comes This Way, Charlie , a picture book about a friendship that grows between a blind horse and a gruff goat--inspired by a true animal story. All the animals at the Open Bud Ranch can see that Jack likes keeping his space to himself. But when Charlie arrives, he doesn't see Jack at all. He's still getting used to seeing out of only one of his eyes. The two get off to a bumpy start. At first, Jack is anxious and distrustful. But one day, he summons his courage and guides Charlie to his favorite sunlit field: this way, Charlie . And so begins a powerful friendship that will be tested by life's storms--but will ultimately change each life for the better. "This picture book has much to offer for young readers about life's challenges and how we handle them. Levis excels at crafting emotional, but never saccharine, tales of friendship. Strongly recommend." -- School Library Journal (Starred Review), From the award-winning team behind Ida, Always comes a story about a friendship that grows between a blind horse and a gruff goat All the animals at the Open Bud Ranch can see that Jack likes keeping his space to himself. But when Charlie arrives, he doesn't see Jack at all. He's still getting used to seeing out of only one of his eyes. The two get off to a bumpy start. At first, Jack is anxious and distrustful. But one day, he summons his courage and guides Charlie to his favorite sunlit field: this way, Charlie . And so begins a powerful friendship that will be tested by life's storms--but will ultimately change each life for the better.
LC Classification NumberPZ10.3.L559Thi 2020b