Thunder Boy Jr.

From New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son.

Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn't want to share a name. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he's done like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder.

But just when Little Thunder thinks all hope is lost, dad picks the best name...Lightning Their love will be loud and bright, and together they will light up the sky.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/10/2016
ISBN: 9780316013727
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.80h x 9.90w x 0.50d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 58
Booklist 02/01/2016 pg. 47
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2016
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2016 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2016
Shelf Awareness 05/10/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2016 - Book Of Special Distinction
Shelf Awareness 12/13/2016

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 182877 / Thunder Boy Jr.
Reading Level: 2.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5