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Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants

Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants

Brown, M. K.

Hardcover

Bedtime & DreamsGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 1681377454
ISBN13: 9781681377452
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: Nov 14 2023
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.40 Width: 11.00 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
A silly, whimsical book about dreaming and getting over one's fears by a celebrated American cartoonist and illustrator.

Mr. Sillypants is going to learn how to swim tomorrow. He's excited! It's about time.

But he starts to get nervous. I hope I don't step on a fish, he worries. What if all the other people in the class are better than I am? he wonders as he opens the fridge to make his perfect sandwich, a double-decker creation complete with peanut butter, tuna, and pickles. By the time he goes to bed, Mr. Sillypants is not sure swimming lessons are such a good idea after all.

When Mr. Sillypants falls asleep, he dreams that he's wandering through a desert, then down a long road, when suddenly he plummets into a big pond. I can't swim! he yells. Soon, though, his worries about swimming are far from his mind: He morphs into a fish, flees from enormous pickle monsters, and eventually turns into a shark, giving him the strength he needs to fight back.

The next morning, Mr. Sillypants wakes with a smile. Maybe his swimming lessons are going to be okay after all.

Told with warm humor and illustrated with stunning watercolors, M. K. Brown has crafted a hilarious adventure out of an everyday fear. This silly-looking man can teach us all how ordinary it is to be scared--and how wonderful it can be when we finally face our fears.

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