Groundhog Gets It Wrong

Illustrated by Nicole Miles
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$18.99 US
On sale Jan 03, 2023 | 40 Pages | 9780593326152

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This laugh-out-loud funny picture book about getting things wrong and then making them right is not your average Groundhog Day read

Groundhog is shocked and a bit ashamed when he discovers that he doesn’t have innate weather-predicting gifts—especially when his mis-forecast ruins the spring carnival.

First he tries fixing his mistake, but when shoveling up the snow and hosing it away turns out to cause more problems, he realizes that  the only way to truly fix his mistake might just be to literally learn his meteorological lessons.
© Jess Townes
Jess Townes is the author of several forthcoming picture books. A lifelong storyteller, Jess has worked in public education, non-profit development, birth and lactation services, as a freelance writer and an actress, but her favorite part of any job is the connections she builds with other people. She believes that there is no better path to those connections than through our stories. Jess lives outside St. Louis with her husband, two teenagers, two cats and a fifty-pound lap dog. View titles by Jessica Townes
© Danielle Hamilton
Nicole Miles is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist, illustrator hand-letterer, and designer whose clients include the New York TimesBuzzfeedBust Magazine, and Bitch Magazine. She is the illustrator of several books, including I Want My Book Back by Viviane Elbee, Alley and Rex by Joel Ross, and The Anti-Racist Kid by Tiffany Jewel.  Originally from the Bahamas, Nicole currently resides in West Yorkshire with her pet snake and human boyfriend. View titles by Nicole Miles

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This laugh-out-loud funny picture book about getting things wrong and then making them right is not your average Groundhog Day read

Groundhog is shocked and a bit ashamed when he discovers that he doesn’t have innate weather-predicting gifts—especially when his mis-forecast ruins the spring carnival.

First he tries fixing his mistake, but when shoveling up the snow and hosing it away turns out to cause more problems, he realizes that  the only way to truly fix his mistake might just be to literally learn his meteorological lessons.

Author

© Jess Townes
Jess Townes is the author of several forthcoming picture books. A lifelong storyteller, Jess has worked in public education, non-profit development, birth and lactation services, as a freelance writer and an actress, but her favorite part of any job is the connections she builds with other people. She believes that there is no better path to those connections than through our stories. Jess lives outside St. Louis with her husband, two teenagers, two cats and a fifty-pound lap dog. View titles by Jessica Townes
© Danielle Hamilton
Nicole Miles is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist, illustrator hand-letterer, and designer whose clients include the New York TimesBuzzfeedBust Magazine, and Bitch Magazine. She is the illustrator of several books, including I Want My Book Back by Viviane Elbee, Alley and Rex by Joel Ross, and The Anti-Racist Kid by Tiffany Jewel.  Originally from the Bahamas, Nicole currently resides in West Yorkshire with her pet snake and human boyfriend. View titles by Nicole Miles

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