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Candlewick Press
Story of frog belly rat bone
In a dull, gray endless place called Cementland, there lived a boy who wished to find a treasure. After much searching he spies a box filled with grey specks and a wrinkled note that says, "Put these wondrous riches in the earth and enjoy." Horrified to learn that thieves are after his treasure, the boy scrounges the junkyard and conjures a creature to stand guard – a scarecrow-like gardener with crooked bony arms, a giant belly, a jaunty crown, and preternatural wisdom: Frog Belly Rat Bone, king and protector of the specks.
With fantastical figures and bursts of color, the surreal artwork and hand-lettered text of Tim Ering’s picture book debut exude all an inspired imagination – and the wonders of a natural world that awaits discovery, even in Cementland.
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