Cyril
Cyril

Cyril

A squirrel on the wrong track

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JUVENILE FICTION

44 Pages, 8.5 x 8.5

Formats: Hardcover

Hardcover, $14.99 (US $14.99) (CA $18.76)

Publication Date: December 2021

ISBN 9781953652270

Price: $14.99
 
 

Overview

Cyril is a Central Park squirrel who wakes up one day on the wrong track. The subway track. Disoriented and frightened, having no idea how he got there, Cyril survives with the help of some subterranean subway samaritans. The big question; will Cyril solve the mystery of his curious arrival and somehow find his way home? The Sir Rhymesalot reading level (lexile) is age 11 - 14 (grade 4 - 6) but parents reading these books to children aged 3 - 7 (K - 2) can strengthen literacy and vocabulary significantly in their young minds. This is due to the power of rhyme as a literacy builder.

Author Biography

An Australian poet-pirate-persona is a very good place to start describing this relentless-rhymer, but his books are as multidimensional as the renaissance polymath himself. Simon Mills is a gregarious, larger-than-life author who masterfully communicates on multiple levels. Courageously comedic and then soulful when you least expect it, his stories entertain the parent reader on one level and the youngster on another entirely. You will meet Violet the Virus who longingly loves people but has no idea she is harmful. You will meander through Venice with Pigeoni, the Italian consigliere whose fanciful-fairytales prove too much for his fellow feathered friends until they discover the remarkable truth of his character. Parables that ponder themes from bullying to self-belief in I Lost My Brave, and from racial harmony, in Cyril the Squirrel to social distancing dilemmas in I Lost My Hug.