Educational Resources
Awards & Reviews
“Lively writing is peppered with clever alliteration and wordplay.”
— Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review, June 2012
“... readers will thoroughly enjoy Campbell's canny blend of irony and sweet-heartedness.”
— Publishers Weekly, July 2012
“Kids are gonna chuckle at this one ...”
— Booklist, September 2012
“The illustrations are delightful ...”
— School Library Journal, October 2012
“Campbell's witty and wordy text ... plays out every child's nightmare fantasy of showing up at school in The Wrong Thing.”
— The New York Times, October 2012
“[Campbell's] writing is remarkable. Clipped and catchy. ... The book works because everything is understated to a beautiful degree.”
— Elizabeth Bird, SLJ.com, October 2012
2013 - Golden Kite Award, Picture Book Illustration, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Winner
2013 - New Illustrator Award, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, Commended
2013 - CCBC Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center, Commended
2013 - Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street Children's Book Committee, Winner
2013 - Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List, Short-listed
2012 - 100 Magnificent Children's Books, Fuse 8, Elizabeth Bird, Winner
