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Mélanie Watt

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	Chester written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt from the series Chester For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=3052

Hardcover Jacket USD $18.95 978-1-55453-140-0 Paperback USD $8.95 978-1-55453-460-9 Grades: Pre-K to 3 Ages: 4 to 8 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding humor Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell J Grade Level 2 Reading Recovery 17 Accelerated Reader 1.8 LG © 2007 4-color 9 3/8 x 11 32 pages	Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators. Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off. Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground? Awards 2011 Virginia Readers’ Choice Award, Virginia State Readers’s Association, winner 2010 Grand Canyon Reader Award, Arizona Library & Reading Associations, winner 2010 Nevada Young Reader’s Award, Nevada Library Association, winner 2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, winner 2009 Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner 2008 Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , short-listed 2008 Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner 2008 Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , short-listed 2007 Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , short-listed Reviews “This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.” — Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review, November 2007 “Highly Recommended” — Kirkus Review, Starred Review, September 2007

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Chester written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt from the series Chester For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=3052

Hardcover Jacket USD $18.95 978-1-55453-140-0 Paperback USD $8.95 978-1-55453-460-9 Grades: Pre-K to 3 Ages: 4 to 8 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding humor Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell J Grade Level 2 Reading Recovery 17 Accelerated Reader 1.8 LG © 2007 4-color 9 3/8 x 11 32 pages	Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators. Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off. Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground? Awards 2011 Virginia Readers’ Choice Award, Virginia State Readers’s Association, winner 2010 Grand Canyon Reader Award, Arizona Library & Reading Associations, winner 2010 Nevada Young Reader’s Award, Nevada Library Association, winner 2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, winner 2009 Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner 2008 Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , short-listed 2008 Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner 2008 Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , short-listed 2007 Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , short-listed Reviews “This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.” — Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review, November 2007 “Highly Recommended” — Kirkus Review, Starred Review, September 2007

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	Chester written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt from the series Chester For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=3052

Hardcover Jacket USD $18.95 978-1-55453-140-0 Paperback USD $8.95 978-1-55453-460-9 Grades: Pre-K to 3 Ages: 4 to 8 Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding humor Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell J Grade Level 2 Reading Recovery 17 Accelerated Reader 1.8 LG © 2007 4-color 9 3/8 x 11 32 pages	Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators. Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off. Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground? Awards 2011 Virginia Readers’ Choice Award, Virginia State Readers’s Association, winner 2010 Grand Canyon Reader Award, Arizona Library & Reading Associations, winner 2010 Nevada Young Reader’s Award, Nevada Library Association, winner 2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, winner 2009 Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner 2008 Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , short-listed 2008 Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner 2008 Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , short-listed 2007 Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , short-listed Reviews “This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.” — Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review, November 2007 “Highly Recommended” — Kirkus Review, Starred Review, September 2007

written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt

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Chester

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978-1-55453-140-0|Sep 1, 2007|USD $18.95

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978-1-55453-460-9|Aug 1, 2009|USD $8.95

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Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by dueling author-illustrators.

Mélanie Watt starts out with the story of a mouse in a house. Then Mélanie's cat, Chester, sends the mouse packing and proceeds to cover the pages with rewrites from his red marker, and the gloves are off.

Mélanie and her mouse won't take Chester's antics lying down. And Chester is obviously a creative powerhouse with confidence to spare. Where will this war of the picture-book makers lead? Is it a one-way ticket to Chesterville, or will Mélanie get her mouse production off the ground?

Grades: Pre-K to 3

Ages: 4 to 8

4-color • 9 3/8 x 11 • 32 pages

Curriculum Connections

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

humor

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

Reading Recovery

Accelerated Reader

LG 1.8

Reviews

“This sidesplitting metafiction offers further proof of Watt’s ... extravagantly fresh, cheeky voice.”: — Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review, November 2007
“Highly Recommended”: — Kirkus Review, Starred Review, September 2007

Awards

2011: Virginia Readers’ Choice Award, Virginia State Readers’s Association, winner
2010: Grand Canyon Reader Award, Arizona Library & Reading Associations, winner
2010: Nevada Young Reader’s Award, Nevada Library Association, winner
2010: Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, winner
2009: Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, winner
2008: Childrens’ Choices, International Reading Association , short-listed
2008: Golden Archer Award, WEMTA , winner
2008: Notable Children’s Books in Language Arts, NCTE , short-listed
2007: Book of the Year, ForeWord Magazine , short-listed