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    Lawn to Lawn

    Author Dan Yaccarino
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    RH Childrens Books | Knopf Books for Young Readers
    On sale Jan 26, 2011 | 40 Pages | 9780375986307
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    Not everyone loves lawn ornaments. But Pearl was different. Pearl was their friend—the only human who knew they were real.

    So when Pearl’s family moves and (shockingly!) leaves their pink flamingo, deer, gnome, and lawn jockey behind, Flo, Betty, Norm, and Jack know what they must do. They must find Pearl no matter how long and perilous the journey.

    Through cities and suburbs, over mountains and through swamps, the ornaments make their dangerous way. They survive storms and menacing gargoyles. They get directions from weather vanes and other statuary. And always, always, they must avoid the dreaded trash truck!

    In this hysterical and quirky tale of toys-come-to-life, Dan Yaccarino reminds us that home is where the heart is and that no journey is too difficult when it leads to the one you love.
    © Helen Hollyman
    DAN YACCARINO is an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit, including Five Little Pumpkins, Doug Unplugged, and an edition of Mother Goose rhymes for Little Golden Books. Yaccarino is also the creator of the animated TV series Oswald and Willa’s Wild Life, and he designed the characters for The Backyardigans. View titles by Dan Yaccarino
    Starred review, Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2009:
    “Yaccarino’s endearing, earnest characters are worth getting to know.”

    Review, Booklist, December 1, 2009:
    "A keeper."

    Review, Publishers Weekly, December 21, 2009:
    "In sinuous contemporary art, Yaccarino humorously considers the secret lives of inanimate objects."

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    Not everyone loves lawn ornaments. But Pearl was different. Pearl was their friend—the only human who knew they were real.

    So when Pearl’s family moves and (shockingly!) leaves their pink flamingo, deer, gnome, and lawn jockey behind, Flo, Betty, Norm, and Jack know what they must do. They must find Pearl no matter how long and perilous the journey.

    Through cities and suburbs, over mountains and through swamps, the ornaments make their dangerous way. They survive storms and menacing gargoyles. They get directions from weather vanes and other statuary. And always, always, they must avoid the dreaded trash truck!

    In this hysterical and quirky tale of toys-come-to-life, Dan Yaccarino reminds us that home is where the heart is and that no journey is too difficult when it leads to the one you love.

    Author

    © Helen Hollyman
    DAN YACCARINO is an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator with more than thirty books to his credit, including Five Little Pumpkins, Doug Unplugged, and an edition of Mother Goose rhymes for Little Golden Books. Yaccarino is also the creator of the animated TV series Oswald and Willa’s Wild Life, and he designed the characters for The Backyardigans. View titles by Dan Yaccarino

    Praise

    Starred review, Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2009:
    “Yaccarino’s endearing, earnest characters are worth getting to know.”

    Review, Booklist, December 1, 2009:
    "A keeper."

    Review, Publishers Weekly, December 21, 2009:
    "In sinuous contemporary art, Yaccarino humorously considers the secret lives of inanimate objects."

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