About This Book

On Scranimal Island you will find the fragrant Rhinocerose, the cunning Broccolions, and, if you are very, very quiet, you'll spot the gentle, shy Pandaffodil.

So put on your pith helmet and join Jack Prelutsky, poet laureate of the elementary school set, and two-time Caldecott Honor artist Peter Sí s for an adventure you will never forget!

About the Authors or Illustrators

Jack Prelutsky

Though Jack Prelutsky once believed poetry was the literary equivalent of liver ("I was told that it was good for me, but I wasn't convinced"), his verse has been turning children into poetry lovers for years.

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Peter Sis

Peter Sis is an internationally acclaimed illustrator, author, and filmmaker with more than twenty books to his credit. His picture book THE WALL: GROWING UP BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN was a 2007 Caldecott Honor Book, and STARRY MESSENGER: GALILEO GALILEI and TIBET THROUGH THE RED BOX were 1996 and 1997 Caldecott Honor Books, respectively. Peter Sis lives in the New York City area with his family.

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