It's Easter, Chloe Zoe!

by Jane Smith, Jane Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

Chloe Zoe and her friends are going to the big Easter egg hunt! Chloe Zoe wants to find the sparkling golden egg with a special prize inside! Everyone's Easter baskets are filling up except Mary Margaret's. So Chloe Zoe and friends work together to help fill her basket. But when Mary Margaret finds the sparkling golden egg, Chloe is upset! What will the trio find when they crack the egg open?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807524619
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Series:	Chloe Zoe
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD490L (what's this?)
File size:	33 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jane Smith earned her BFA in illustration from the Columbus College of Art&Design. Upon graduation, she worked as an art director for a children’s novelty book publisher in Los Angeles. Jane currently creates artwork for a variety of publishing and licensing clients from her home in North Carolina.

Read an Excerpt

It's Easter, Chloe Zoe!

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By Jane Smith

ALBERT WHITMAN & Company

Copyright © 2016 Jane Smith
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-8075-2460-2

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CHAPTER 1

It's Easter!

Easter is a springtime celebration.

I help my daddy plant new flowers in our garden.

Today is the big Easter egg hunt! Every year the Easter Bunny hides hundreds of pretty painted eggs and toys and candy all over the park.

He also hides one special, sparkling golden egg with a surprise inside. No one knows what the surprise will be! This year, I'm going to find it!

On the walk over to the park, we see George and his family. "Hi, George," I say.

"I'm going to find so much candy," George says. "I'm going to find the golden egg," I say.

At the park, Mary Margaret runs up to us with a fancy Easter basket.

"Chloe Zoe is going to find the golden egg," says George.

"Yay! I'm going to find all the pink eggs!" says Mary Margaret.

George finds three chocolate bunnies high up in a tree.

I hand Mary Margaret the pink-striped egg I found earlier. "Don't worry! I'll find more for you, Mary Margaret!"

"Me too!" says George.

After all, I think, there's still plenty of time to find the golden egg.

We all look for pink eggs. Every place I look for pink eggs, I check for the golden egg too.

George finds one egg filled with jelly beans next to a bird's nest. And I find two eggs under a big mushroom. Then I hear Mary Margaret's voice.

"Ooh! I found the Golden Egg!"

"Chloe Zoe! George! Come look!"

Just then, Mary Margaret runs over with George. "We couldn't open the golden egg without you!" says Mary Margaret.

Mary Margaret cracks open the golden egg. Inside are three sparkling gold coins!

"Perfect!" squeals Mary Margaret as she hands a coin each to George and me. "Three coins for three best friends!"

(Continues...)

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Editorial Reviews

"Cheery illustrations use a cartoon style with the suggestion of collage in the brightly hued clothing textures. The buoyant art features a cast of winsome animal characters dressed in human-style clothing and lots of patterns, flowers, and motion. The plot is simple enough for young preschoolers to follow, and the compact, square trim size adds to an overall cozy feeling."—Kirkus Reviews

"Smith's flattened collage-style illustrations give the story a cheery sticker book aesthetic, while Chloe Zoe's direct narration is attuned to beginning readers. Smith offers a sensitive message about rolling with the punches."—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2016-01-20
An anthropomorphic elephant girl named Chloe Zoe attends an Easter egg hunt with her two best friends and learns a lesson about sharing. Chloe Zoe narrates her springtime story in present tense, detailing her family's preparations for a secular holiday celebration. At the annual Easter egg hunt in their neighborhood park, the Easter Bunny hides lots of eggs and candy, along with "one special, sparkling golden egg with a surprise inside." Excitement ensues when Chloe Zoe joins her friends George the giraffe and Mary Margaret the crocodile at the egg hunt along with their families. Mary Margaret likes only pink-colored eggs, so George and Chloe Zoe spend their time searching for pink eggs for their friend. When Mary Margaret finds the golden egg, Chloe Zoe is initially upset, but her friend shares the prize of gold coins found in the egg, announcing, "Three coins for three best friends!" Cheery illustrations use a cartoon style with the suggestion of collage in the brightly hued clothing textures. The buoyant art features a cast of winsome animal characters dressed in human-style clothing and lots of patterns, flowers, and motion. The plot is simple enough for young preschoolers to follow, and the compact, square trim size adds to an overall cozy feeling. Additional stories in the Chloe Zoe series will explore other holidays and common experiences such as starting school. A pleasant but not groundbreaking effort, with a cute, yellow elephant leading the charge. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews