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Blob

Name: Blob
ISBN: 9780063036123

Hardcover – Picture Book, September 14, 2021

Anne Appert

HarperCollins · Hardcover · September 14, 2021

Reading lane: Size & Shape

A humorous picture book featuring a blob ( n. a creature that can be anything they want) about embracing who we are and the many things we can be.

The Body Size & Shape Everyday Routines girls

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Why This Clicks

Room to Be

A playful picture book pairs a wonderfully changeable blob with a gentle reminder about being yourself.

Come here for

A shape-shifting creature with a funny, open-ended imagination
Light humor alongside a thoughtful idea about identity

Expect

An accessible picture-book read with a warm, playful tone
A reassuring finish that puts Blob’s own name back in place

Book Details

Authors: Anne Appert
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 14, 2021
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Size & Shape · Everyday Routines
Reading lane: Size & Shape

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Girls & Young Women
Funny Stories
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A humorous picture book featuring a blob ( n. a creature that can be anything they want) about embracing who we are and the many things we can be. Blob is a creature of indeterminate kind. Blob can be a giraffe, cotton candy, and even an octopus. It’s not until a certain someone continuously calls them “Bob” that Blob starts to question who they really are. After a series of funny yet enlightening discoveries about all the possible things they can be, Blob realizes that the best thing to be is . . . Blob. (With the L .) Author, artist, and auntie Anne Appert creates an irresistible story sure to please fans of What If, Pig? , Tiny T. Rex , and other hilariously charming and meaningful picture books.