The Perfect Seat by Minh Le & Gus Gordon Blog Tour + Giveaway
Happy Wednesday everyone! I'm back with another blog tour with Rock Star Book Tours featuring The Perfect Seat by Minh Le and Gus Gordon. Keep reading for my full review and a giveaway!
Series: N/A
# of Pages: 32
Publication: November 12, 2019
Genre: Picture Book
Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD
This child and their parent are almost ready for story time--but first, they must find the perfect seat! This cozy picture book by Drawn Together author Minh Lê takes readers through various opposites ("Too rough! Too slippery!") as his characters search for just the right spot. Adorable art by acclaimed illustrator Gus Gordon invites adults and children to giggle all the way through to the heartwarming ending, when the answer falls right into their laps.
I'm such a huge fan of picture books! I try to review them as much as possible on my blog because they really are the building blocks of great literacy. So when the opportunity presented itself for me to be able to review this picture book I couldn't resist. The Perfect Seat showcases how a parent and a child attempt to find the perfect seat for their very first storytime. This instaneously pulled at my heart because I have a daughter and I absolutely love reading to her. I know that when she gets older we'll have our own personal reading spot for our storytimes. This book not only showcases the beautiful relationship between a parent and child, but also the beautiful relationship that humans can have with books. To have the best experience with their story, the two main characters knew they had to have the perfect seat. I thought it resembled how avid readers have their favorite reading nooks or chairs that they like to use when they want to sit down with a good book. Any picture book that establishes and showcases the beauty of reading to little ones is amazing in my eyes.
I also enjoyed the artwork. It was interesting and astherically appealing that Gus chose to keep the main characters in color, the backgrounds in green and tan, and the other animals of the book in black and white. The contrast made the main characters and the red book stand out from everything else. His art style is also appealing and adorable for old and young readers alike. If you're new to picture books or if you're looking for a new picture to pick up I would definitely recommend this one!
I am the author of Drawn
Together (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for
Literature) illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan
Santat, Let Me Finish! (named
an NPR Best Book of 2016) illustrated by Isabel
Roxas, and The Perfect Seat
illustrated by Gus Gordon (all published by Disney-Hyperion). I am also
writing Green Lantern: Legacy, a graphic novel (illustrated by Andie Tong) for the new DC Comics middle grade
imprint, DC Zoom. In addition to
writing books, I have written for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, The Horn Book, NPR, and HuffPost.
Gus Gordon is an internationally acclaimed illustrator
and author. He has illustrated and written over 80 books for children.
His illustrations are known for their loose and
energetic line work, mixed media and humour. His writing is always
anthropomorphic – where animals take the place of humans in the narrative. He
attributes this to his love of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in The Willows. His
picture book 'Herman and Rosie' (Penguin), a musical love story set in New
York, was sold at auction in New York to US publisher Neal Porter Books
(Macmillan) and has since been sold into twelve countries. It has been adapted
for the stage by several theatre companies, was chosen as the ‘Read for
Australia’ book and won the 2013 CBCA 'Honour Award' for best picture book. It
has also been shortlisted for the German Youth Literature Award, the Sakura
Medal in Japan, the Kirico book awards in Spain, the Les Incorruptibles prize
in France and the Premio Anderson Children's Book awards in Italy.
Gus’s latest picture book 'Somewhere Else' was
recently published by Penguin Australia and is soon be released in the US with
Neal Porter Books.
Gus is represented by Charlie Olsen of Inkwell
Management.
He lives with his wife and three kids on the Northern
beaches of Sydney.
Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a finished
copy of THE PERFECT SEAT, US Only.
Tour
Schedule:
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One:
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11/4/2019
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Excerpt
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11/5/2019
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Excerpt
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11/6/2019
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11/7/2019
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11/8/2019
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Two:
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11/11/2019
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11/12/2019
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11/13/2019
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11/14/2019
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11/15/2019
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Three:
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11/18/2019
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11/19/2019
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11/20/2019
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11/21/2019
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Excerpt
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11/22/2019
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Four:
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11/25/2019
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11/26/2019
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11/27/2019
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11/28/2019
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11/29/2019
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Five:
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12/2/2019
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Review
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