{"product_id":"nobodys-perfect-isbn-9780763666996","title":"Nobody's Perfect","description":"\u003cb\u003eNot being perfect has its virtues in this irresistible child’s-eye view.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour best friend is kind of a show-off. Your baby sister is loud. And Mom can be pretty stubborn. Not perfect! But sometimes they come pretty close, and you do, too. David Elliott’s winning, tongue-in-cheek text combines with Sam Zuppardi’s fresh, kid-friendly illustrations to show that life may be more about patience than perfection, and that focusing on the positive reaps its own rewards.Zuppardi's loose, scribbly, deceptively child-styled pencil outlines vibrate with energy, and his colorful acrylic backgrounds feature uninhibitedly visible brush strokes, drips, splotches and lines made from pulling a tool through wet paint. The kids have enormous heads; their wide-open mouths are unabashedly colored in with gray pencil.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoose drawings, full of scribbly pencil lines, busy up the surface and have an unfinished look: just as the boy is a work in progress, so is his world, exuberant with color and frenzied detail. ... In this era of striving for parental perfection, the idea that imperfections are no reason to despair is a pretty good theme for a picture book and should be appreciated by both reader and listener alike.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Elliott offers 4- to 8-year-olds a bit of emotional release with “Nobody’s Perfect,” a picture book whose jaunty tone and charitable theme are perfectly matched by Sam Zuppardi’s bright, explosive, scribbly illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e—The Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for readers who like oversized cartoon drawings\u003cbr\u003e—Children's Bookwatch\u003cb\u003eDavid Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of many books for children, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling \u003ci\u003eAnd Here’s to You!\u003c\/i\u003e as well as\u003ci\u003e On the Farm, In the Wild, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIn the Sea,\u003c\/i\u003e all illustrated by Holly Meade, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Wing, \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Becca Stadtlander\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Warner, New Hampshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Zuppardi\u003c\/b\u003e is the author-illustrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Nowhere Box \u003c\/i\u003eand illustrated the middle-grade series The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe by Gordon McAlpine. He lives in York, England.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300585853157,"sku":"NP9780763666996","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763666996.jpg?v=1767733845","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/nobodys-perfect-isbn-9780763666996","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}