Impossible
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ISOL is an Argentine author and illustrator of children’s books with a passion for comic book artistry, literature and the visual arts. She has been honored with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for her outstanding contribution to children’s literature, has twice been selected as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has won a Golden Apple at the Biennial of Illustration, Bratislava. Isol has also written and illustrated The Menino; Petit, the Monster; Beautiful Griselda and Nocturne. To date, her books have been published in over twenty countries and in seventeen languages. Isol lives in Buenos Aires. ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.<p>Punchy spreads by Isol (<em>Daytime Visions</em>) combine splashes of wash and loose figure outlines that don’t quite align, contributing to the sense of household chaos.<strong><br />
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Publishers Weekly
<p>A fun take on the terrible 2s, if a bit twisted.</p>
- Kirkus Reviews,
A funny story about a seemingly impossible child and his desperate parents, who enlist the help of a specialist with unexpected results …
Toribio is two years old and his parents love him very much, but some days, taking care of him feels like an impossible task. He won’t sleep, makes a fuss when eating, splashes his bath water everywhere, and refuses to use his potty. At the end of the day, Toribio’s parents are exhausted. So when they see an ad for a specialist who can solve any type of problem, his desperate parents make an appointment right away. Mrs. Meridien’s methods deliver overnight results, but her solution isn’t quite what they had in mind …
Impossible is a funny story with a surprise ending that will delight young children and exhausted parents alike.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
REVIEW COPIES:
- Publishers Weekly
- School Library Journal
- Booklist
- Kirkus Reviews
- Horn Book
- Isol is the acclaimed author and illustrator of several picture books, including The Menino; Petit, the Monster; Nocturne and Beautiful Griselda. In 2013, she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and has twice been selected as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
- The ending of this book is genuinely surprising and its dry wit will appeal to adults as much as children.
- The book encourages children to empathize with their desperate parents and realize how exhausting it must be to look after them!
- Impossible was published in 2018 as Imposible in Spanish by Fondo De Cultura Economica.