Give Me Back My Bones! - by Kim Norman (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A stormy night at sea has uncovered some long-buried secrets and surprises. Is that the mast of a shipwreck? A faded pirate hat? And what's that hiding in the sand? A mandible and a clavicle, phalanges and femurs, a tibia and a fibula -- could there be a set of bones scattered across the ocean floor? And who might they belong to? A jaunty rhyme takes readers on an underwater scavenger hunt as a comical skeleton tries to put itself back together piece by piece. Make no bones about it: this rollicking read-aloud will have young ones learning anatomy without even realizing it."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A silly pirate skeleton seeks to put its bones back together in this rhyming romp beneath the waves.</b> <p/><i>Cast a spyglass 'round here</i><br><i>while breakers curl and pound here.</i><br><i>There's treasure to be found here -- </i><br><i>I feel it in my bones!</i> <p/>A stormy night at sea has uncovered some long-buried secrets and surprises. Is that the mast of a shipwreck? A faded pirate hat? And what's that hiding in the sand? A mandible and a clavicle, phalanges and femurs, a tibia and a fibula -- could there be a set of bones scattered across the ocean floor? And who might they belong to? A jaunty rhyme takes readers on an underwater scavenger hunt as a comical skeleton tries to put itself back together piece by piece. Make no bones about it: this rollicking read-aloud will have young ones learning anatomy without even realizing it.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Budding biologists as well as general fans of pirates, poetry, and wordplay will agree--and it makes a fuller (and less freighted) alternative to Bob Barner's Dem Bones (1996) and other versions of the old teaching spiritual. Both macabre and cheery--a rare treat.<br>--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) <p/>This clever, cumulative tale is enhanced by its endpapers, which feature scattered labelled bones at the front and a full skeleton at the back, and playful, dimly lit underwater digital illustrations populated by bug-eyed, curious fish. The rhyme keeps things moving despite the hefty vocabulary (Metacarpals! Phalanges!) and the illustrations make it clear what everything is. Somehow daffy and scholarly at once.<br>--Booklist Online <p/>It's a little morbid, but Kolar's digital undersea illustrations are friendly, cartoony, and understated, with humerus, er, humorous details (i.e., a squid making off with the pirate's radius, ulna, and belt) that are all about silliness.<br>--The Horn Book<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kim Norman</b> is an artist, actress, and singer as well as the author of children's books such as <i>Puddle Pug </i>and <i>The Bot That Scott Built. Give Me Back My Bones! </i>is her first book with Candlewick Press. She lives in Virginia. <p/><b>Bob Kolar</b> is the author-illustrator of many books, including <i>Big Kicks. </i>He is also the illustrator of <i>Nothing Like a Puffin </i>by Sue Soltis, <i> </i>the AlphaOops books by Alethea Kontis, and <i>Slickety Quick: Poems about Sharks </i>by Skila Brown. Bob Kolar lives in Missouri.
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