Lizard from the Park

A lonely boy's new pet grows into a rather large dilemma--and a Thanksgiving parade offers an uplifting solution--in this charming tale from the author of The Boy and the Airplane and The Girl and the Bicycle.

When Leonard takes a shortcut through the park, he finds an egg and takes it home, where it hatches into a lizard (or so Leonard thinks). Leonard names his new pet Buster and takes him all around the city: on the subway, to the library, to a baseball game, and more.

But Buster keeps growing and growing--and Leonard gets the sense that Buster is longing for something Leonard can't provide.

Before long, Buster becomes too big to keep, and Leonard realizes he needs to set Buster free. So Leonard comes up with an inventive plan, one that involves all the balloons Leonard can find and the annual Thanksgiving parade, in an imaginative plot twist that will spark readers' imaginations--and touch their hearts.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/08/2015
ISBN: 9781442483217
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.80h x 11.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 90
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2015
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 72
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2015 pg. 62

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 176960 / Lizard from the Park
Reading Level: 3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5