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About the Book

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1407708797310{padding-top: 50px !important;}”]Suzie Bitner Was Afraid of the Drain is a children’s poetry collection comprised of 124 poems and over 100 illustrations. Written by Barbara Vance, the book is filled with humorous and whimsical poems that take you to a world where mice wear roller-skates, a girl turns into a peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich, and a baseball embarks on an unexpected trip.  Designed to entertain and educate, “Suzie” intersperses challenging and fun words like “salubrious” and “discourse” throughout its poems (and offers a special dictionary just for kids…check out the resources!).

Lauded for its unique, minimalist illustrations and creative typography, the book is a Moonbeam Children’s Book winner, an Indie Book Award winner, and was twice a finalist for the Bluebonnet Award.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2355″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”medium”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”grey”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]

The Suzie Story

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2362″ alignment=”center” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1407449631978{padding-top: 20px !important;}”]Several years ago, Barbara was sitting at her desk with a rather large (no, a very large) pile of papers that she did not care to have very much to do with. From this hiccup in the workday came a poem about a little girl named Suzie with a prickly problem. The words and ideas kept coming until her poems filled up pages and pages and finally a book! Suzie Bitner Was Afraid of the Drain is about celebrating life, smiling, and finding the beauty (and the humour) in the world.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator color=”grey”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]

Book Details

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Price & Availability

• $17.95

 

Wholesalers

• Follett Library Resources
• Baker & Taylor
• Brodart

Selected Retailers

• Amazon.com
• Barnes and Noble
• Books-A-Million
• Powell’s
• Walmart

 

Publisher

• Copperplate Publishing

 

Book Construction

• Easy-to-hold book size: 8.75” x 6.75” x 1”
• Hardcover
• Smythe-sewn binding for maximum durability and ease of laying open on the lap
• Thick, bright paper
• Cover printed on actual book as well as on dust jacket
• 192 pages

 

Book Highlights

• Creative typography shows children how words can be art
• Poems incorporate challenging words that improve vocabulary
• Subject matter combines humor and whimsy
• Addresses real-life issues like sharing, as well as fantastic subjects like mice on roller skates
• Great for ages 5-10, but appreciated by all ages
• Over 100 fun illustrations that enhance the poems
• Indexes by title and first line

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