Chopsticks

By Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Scott Magoon (illustrator),

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Book description

The second entry in a trio of favorite "punny" tales about chopsticks from beloved bestselling and award-winning author Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

Meet Chopsticks!

They've been best friends forever. But one day, this inseparable pair comes to a fork in the road. And for the very first time, they have to…


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1 author picked Chopsticks as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

As perhaps you can tell from my own book, Rat Fair, I’m a sucker for wordplay, and Chopsticks hits all the right notes. Its subtle playfulness with language makes it eminently re-readable, and I have nothing but respect for its fervent dedication to terrible puns. Not only is Chopsticks light-hearted, funny, and expressively illustrated (who knew a cotton ball could look so concerned?), but at the heart of this fast-paced, cutlery-based romp is the idea that you can be deeply attached to someone you love and also be able to enjoy your own life apart from them. That,…

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