Tuesdays with Tundra is a monthly post on our new releases. The following book is available today in stores and online!
Adventures with Barefoot Critters
Written by Teagan White
Hardcover | 32 Pages | Ages 4-8
ISBN: 978-1-77049-624-8
Join an adorable cast of animal characters as they explore the alphabet through the seasons. From gathering honey in spring to building cozy campfires in fall, the friends make the most of each season, both enjoying the great outdoors and staying snug inside. Learning the alphabet is fun when adventuring with these critters, and children and adults alike will delight in Teagan White’s sweet, nostalgic illustrations.
Pub Date Giveaway: In the comments below, help us compose the alphabet! The first entry should be “A is for . . . [enter your response]” and the second person to enter should go with “B is for . . . [enter your reponse]” and the third “C is for . . . [enter your response]” and so on. Let’s see how far we get!
We’ll pick our favorite line and that lucky winner will receive a copy of Adventures with Barefoot Critters and a limited edition art card! One entry per person and please review our rules. This giveaway ends at midnight on Monday, July 7, 2014!
UPDATE: We have a winner! Abby who gave us “P is for porcupines, partial to peach popsicles.”
A is for… an industrious ANT gathering crumbs from a picnic under a sunny blue sky 😀
B is for….Busy Badger!
C is for … curious calico cat, catching cicadas in the clearing 🙂
D is for Digs … the dearest dog who dug a ditch 🙂
E is for enchanting eagles and enjoyable elephants
F is for fleet footed fox.
G is for gophers and groundhogs gathering grubs and grasshoppers
H is for happy, humongous HIPPOS !
I is for an interesting read!
How about: I is for…Iguanas in igloos eating icicles 🙂
J is for Joy to jump in puddles!
K is for Kendall who kindly flies kites
L is for a lackadaisical llama lumberling along a leafy lane!
L is for a lackadaisical llama lumbering along a leafy lane!
M…. is for a masterful monkey munching marigolds in the morning.
N is for novels,novels everywhere to read
N is for Nosy Narwhals nudging Naughty Newts 🙂
O is for owls and their homes in the trees
P is for porcupines, partial to peach popsicles.
Hi Abby,
Teagan White had the difficult task of picking a winner, they were all fantastic entries, but yours was her favorite! Congratulations! Please check your inbox for an e-mail from us.
Cheers,
Tundra Books
Q is for quintessential.
R is for rambunctious raccoons righteously rummaging
S is for something, something….
S is for singing snake, slithering in the grass.
T is for talking toadstools tickling the critter’s bare feet.
U is for unicorns underestimating riding unicycles with hooves.
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V is for Vultures, Venturing through the sky
U is for Umbrella Bird, Under the canopy.
W is for all the wonderful friends in the forest
X is for X marks the spot where you can curl up with your book under the shade of a big oak tree
Y is for Yellow. Sunshine, dandelions and even sour lemons may brighten your day with their happy, yellow glow.
Z is for Zebra stripey Black & White!
A is for ambitious arachnid
B is for a bashful brown bear bearing a basket of berries.
C is for curious coyote.
D is for Danny the Daddy Long Legs out looking for flies.
E is for Ellie Elephant eagerly eating eggplant!
E is for Eagle that oversees the Elegant Egret
F is for furious frightening frogs
G is for goat playful and free.
H is for hungry, hungry hippos.
H is for Harrison the heinously hairy honey badger haphazardly handling his hovercraft through a herd of hungover* hyenas.
*Kid friendly replacement: hungry 😉
I is identical Ibis!
well if only i could edit… I is FOR identical ibis!
I is for Isabella the ingenious intelligent inquisitive insect ingesting imperial iguana
J is for jumping jackrabbits joyfully juggling juniper berries in January.
L is for lovely lemurs, lingering in the trees!
M…is for magnificent marmosets munching on mangos.
N is for nightingales napping in their neat nest.
O is for “Ours” in french !!! Grooaaaarrr !
But maybe Otter for you…
P is for potbellied piglets parading through the park!
Q is for quilting quails quarrelling quietly. (:
I think R is next. R is for rambunctious raccoons riffling in the rubbage.
S is for soft serene sheep slumbering under the sun
T is for Ticklish Turtles Tee-Heeing as they Tumble around the Trampoline.
T is for talkative tortoises trundling through the thickets!
U is for an Ululating Undine, undulating underwater. 🙂
V is for Vulture vicariously vacuuming while vacationing in Vancouver and Victoria
W is for walrus sharing watermelon with his friend walter whale
X is for Xmas, bringing gifts of snow and red berries.
Y is for yawning Yorrick who loves his sleep
Z is for zebu, tiny cousin of cow, who all through the tropics, raised such a row!
A is for animals,
who Teagen loves dearly,
even the snakes,
who can sometimes be scary.
B is for Barn Swallows, in their blue and brown coats, breezing after bugs on a beautiful sunny day.