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Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure Hardcover – Picture Book, August 25, 2020

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This wildly imaginative, crayon-inspired picture book shows that with a bit of teamwork and a universe of creativity, anything is possible!

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Gurple and Preen are in a big mess!

When they crash-land onto an unfamiliar planet with nothing but boxes of crayons, they must work together to get the mission back on course.

From Newbery Award–winning author Linda Sue Park and illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi comes a story about all the best things that can come out of a box of crayons.
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"Seemingly insurmountable problems are defeated one step at a time...the lively cartoon art, featuring digitally collaged crayons, is consistently bright, colorful, and funny." - Kirkus Reviews

"Park's homage to creativity underscores how handy unlikely items can be; Preen ties the tablecloth to gather the crayons, which the quails then ferry to the ship, for example. Ohi's brightly hued digital illustrations combine hyperrealistic crayons (resembling photographs) with less vibrant cartoon art that seems to be drawn with crayons. A clever nod to imagination and ingenuity." -
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Linda Sue Park is the author of many novels and picture books, including A Single Shard, the 2002 Newbery Medal winner, and the New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water. Her most recent title is Prairie Lotus, historical fiction for middle grade readers. She is honored to serve on the advisory boards for SCBWI, WNDB, and the Rabbit hOle museum project. Visit her website at LindaSuePark.com and follow her on Twitter @LindaSuePark.

Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s writing or art has appeared in over twenty books for young people. She is the award-winning author and illustrator of
Where Are My Books?, I Want to Read ALL the Books, and Sam & Eva with Simon & Schuster. Her illustrations appear in books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, and Linda Sue Park, among others. Debbie lives with her husband in Toronto, Canada. For more info, see DebbieOhi.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (August 25, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1534431411
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1534431416
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 510L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.4 x 11 inches
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Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard, many other novels, several picture books, and most recently a book of poetry: Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems). She lives in Rochester, New York, with her family, and is now a devoted fan of the New York Mets. For more infromation visit www.lspark.com.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2020
    Such a cute story with a great message! The illustration as amazing!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2020
    Gurple and Preen sends readers on a creative, cosmic adventure! I have been following Deb Ridpath Ohi’s broken crayon art for several years. When I found out she was making a picture book and Linda Sue Park was the writer, I knew I had to get my hands on it as soon as possible!
    Gurple and Preen crash their ship. While Gurple is in a panic and worried about their fate, Preen gets to work trying to work on fixing the ship which is now spilling with crayons. Sounds like a typical fix it story?! Well this is where the artistic talent of both women happen. Linda has written much dialogue using robotic made up lingo which you figure out and enjoy. And then using the breaking crayons technique, they begin to break them see what will be once broken, and with each new crayon comes something, panda, skateboard, puzzle pieces, and much more. When this part happened I felt like magic was pouring out of the page. I was eager to see how Gurple and Preen would use each new creation. With Preens go-getter attitude and Gurple’s more frustrated approach, we see how they figure out how to get them back to a working ship. Readers- I’m not going to tell you too much, trust me this is a lot of fun. A book you can read again and again and pick up on new things!

    We received an advance copy for an honest review.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2020
    I adore Debbi Ohi and her art, and one of her taglines is “You never know what will come out of a broken crayon.” (I highly recommend her Flickr page for more brilliant examples!) So, I just loved seeing his concept turned into a whole book! Linda Sue Park did a great job coming up with a story to make the random crayon drawings come together as a story-- I would love reading this with a little one and asking them to anticipate what you could do with each of the items that comes out of the crayons!
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2020
    My 5 year old is in love with Gurple and Preen and really enjoys studying the illustrations. Great book!
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2020
    There is certainly a lot going on in this adventure story. From the spaceship to the robots to the surprise inside the crayons, this book is chock full of imagination. This book would be good for readers beyond simple picture books, ready for something a little more challenging. Some advanced words like "bytes", "quails", and "fuming" may get kids inquisitive. The illustrations are bright and colorful and presented in three forms (I think). Realistic for the crayons, cartoonish for the robots and almost sketch like for the crayons surprise. Be prepared to have your imaginations activated. I think kids will read this over and over, and discover something new each time.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2020
    A whimsical cosmic adventure where an ordinary box of crayons become something extraordinary thanks to this creative author and illustrator team. Ohi has elevated broken crayons to an art form and continues that here in this fanciful tale of creativity and learning that you can accomplish difficult things by working on them one step at a time.
    A good lesson for young and old alike.
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