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Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating

by Alice W. Flaherty

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Publisher Comments:

Once upon a time, on a long, slow trip to Scotland, a little girl named Katerina-Elizabeth tossed her oatmeal overboard—again, and again, and again. She was a picky eater, and oatmeal was her least favorite food.

And once upon a time, a small worm, no bigger than a piece of thread, swam alongside an ocean liner bound for Scotland and ate bowl after bowl of tossed oatmeal. He had never tasted anything as wonderful as oatmeal in his whole life. A. W. Flaherty and Scott Magoon unravel the Loch Ness legend in this whimsical picture book for the picky (and not-so-picky) eater in all of us.

Synopsis:

Flaherty and Magoon offer a new and delightful take on the always-fascinatingmystery of the Loch Ness Monster, in this whimsical picture book that gives anod to picky eaters, too. Full color.

About the Author

'Alice Weaver Flaherty is a young doctor, a neurologist, who has gone from a summa cum laude degree at Harvard, to a PhD from MIT, to an MD from Harvard Medical School, to a position as chief resident in neurology (in her early thirties) at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is now staff neurologist and \"where I surreptitiously do a lot of writing.\" She sees patients regularly, specializes in the innovative technique of deep brain stimulators, and is the author of a number of scientific papers on the brain\'s representation of the body. She lives with her husband and twin daughters in Cambridge, Mass.Scott Magoon is a designer and illustrator who lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with his family. He is not worried that he has painted everything. Yet.'

Product Details

ISBN:
9780618556441
Subtitle:
A Tale of Picky Eating
Author:
Flaherty, Alice W.
Illustrator:
Magoon, Scott
Author:
Magoon, Scott
Author:
Flaherty, Alice Weaver
Author:
Flaherty, Alice
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Location:
Boston
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Legends, Myths, & Fables - General
Subject:
Food habits
Subject:
Diet
Subject:
Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Subject:
Cooking/Food
Subject:
Animals, mythical
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Scotland
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
40
Dimensions:
1039x984x36 91
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
08-10

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