Exclamation Mark, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Exclamation Mark, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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Exclamation Mark

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Narrator: Priscilla Holbrook, Emily Eiden, MacLeod Andrews

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weston Woods

Published: 09/01/2014


Synopsis

From the bestselling creators of Duck! Rabbit!, an exciting tale of self-discovery!He stood out here.He stood out there.He tried everything to be more like them.It's not easy being seen. Especially when you're NOT like everyone else. Especially when what sets you apart is YOU.Sometimes we squish ourselves to fit in. We shrink. Twist. Bend. Until — ! — a friend shows the way to endless possibilities.In this bold story, an emphatic but misplaced exclamation point learns that being different can be very exciting! Period.

About Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote more than thirty picture books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dear Girl, (cowritten with her daughter, Paris Rosenthal) and I Wish You More (cowritten with Tom Lichtenheld). A con­tributor to NPR, TED collaborator and speaker, filmmaker, and the author of two groundbreaking memoirs (Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal), she raised her three children with her husband, Jason, in Chicago. For more about Amy’s life, work, and the foundation formed in her memory, please see amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophia on April 18, 2019

We all have an inner exclamation mark. The question is, how to find it... The shy Exclamation Mark finds it's way and it is proud to be different. This is a story of fitting in and at the same time standing out. Excellent book. Although it is written for children, I highly recommend it also for any adul......more

Goodreads review by Jon on July 26, 2017

!!!!!TASTIC!!!!!......more

Goodreads review by Julie on March 03, 2017

A dear friend who inspired me to go after my dream and become a school librarian gave this book to me as a gift; I found it on my computer in the library on my first day. It's a beautiful allegorical story about standing out and being a leader. I love the book, and its presence at my desk always rem......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 11, 2018

Oh, my goodness! This book! My 6yo picked it out for his Last Day of School Treat, because his kindergarten teacher had read it to them. I had never seen it before. After we bought it, the other kids read it to him, and said it was great, but I didn't pick it up myself until about a month ago, and I......more

Goodreads review by Becky on March 08, 2013

This book is very cute and clever. However, just as I have noticed with other Amy Krouse Rosenthal titles, children don't really "get" the humor. With this title in particular, because children are just learning how to read and write, they don't really understand the significance of the question mar......more