Welcome to the Berry Good Giveaway Hop! I hope you’re enjoying warm, sunny weather where you are! Are you having strawberries? I wish they were really good all year long. While you enjoy your strawberry desserts, enter this fun giveaway! Thanks to Two Lions, one of my US readers can win a copy of Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places by Katie Frawley.
This adorable trading-places story involves Fritz, a jovial elephant and Tabitha, a pampered tabby cat. Fritz goes to live in the city while Tabitha tries out the jungle. They find out whether the grass really is greener…on the other side of the world!
Thanks to our host, MamaTheFox
Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places
by Katie Frawley
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Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places
Written by Katie Frawley and Illustrated by Laurie Stansfield
Publisher : Two Lions (June 1, 2021)
Hardcover : 40 pages
Reading age : 4 – 8 years
Grade level : Preschool – 2
Pack your bags and join Tabitha and Fritz as they journey across the world to switch lives.
Tabitha the cat is tired of her easy, coddled life. An adventure across the world might spice things up! Fritz the elephant dreams of celebrating his birthday with an exciting voyage to a faraway place. So after the two connect online via Lair-bnb, they pack their bags and head across the globe to trade places. Will Fritz love the city life? Will the rain forest be all that Tabitha has hoped for? Join this adventurous pair as they find out whether the grass really is greener…on the other side of the world!
“A satisfying spin on the trading-places trope.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Tabitha and Fritz are pretty much two of a kind, but debut author Frawley livens their epistolary exchanges with wordplay and knowing phrases…She gets a big assist from Stansfield (Poems Out Loud!), whose bright pastel settings, vivid expressions, and large cast of high-spirited supporting characters pull readers through the story.” —Publishers Weekly
“A laugh-out-loud story that spells out why the grass is not always greener, with subtle language lessons built in for emerging readers.” —School Library Journal
Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places Book Review
Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places is SO cute! One of my favorite movies ever is The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet. In the movie, the two do a house swap since they both need a major change. Tabitha the cat and Fritz the elephant need a change too, so they do a house swap.
Sure everything is grand at first. They get to experience new things and meet new friends! But once the newness starts to wear off, things aren’t as wonderful as Tabitha and Fritz thought they were!
I think your kids will love Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places! The illustrations really help tell the story that’s told though a series of emails between the two. The story shows them, in a funny way, that things aren’t always better someplace else. Home sweet home is usually the best place to be!
About the author and illustrator
Katie Frawley grew up on a diet of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and Madeline. She went on to earn a bachelor’s in English from the University of Florida and a master’s in literature from Florida Atlantic University. These days, Katie lives in South Florida with her husband, four children, and a handsome mutt named Nantucket. When she’s not reading or writing, Katie can be found building pillow forts, testing recipes with her teensy sous-chefs, or shooing iguanas from her garden. Learn more at www.katiefrawley.wordpress.com.
Twitter: @KatieFrawley1
Instagram: @katiefrawley1
Laurie Stansfield grew up in Oxford, England, but packed her bags and moved west to study illustration at the University of the West of England. She now works as a freelance illustrator. She is the illustrator of Poems Out Loud!, published by Penguin UK, and has more books forthcoming. Laurie lives with her husband in Bristol, United Kingdom. Learn more at www.lauriestansfield.co.uk.
Twitter: @Laurie_S_art
Instagram: @laurie.stansfield
Enter the giveaway
One lucky winner will receive a copy of Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places, courtesy of Two Lions (U.S. addresses).
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