How Gator Says Good-bye! (Little Traveler Series) - Hardcover

Abigail Samoun has worked in children's publishing for over a dozen years, and has edited books that received the CCBC Charlotte Zolotow award, SCBWI Golden Kite award, Pura Belpre Honor, Smithsonian Notable, and NYPL Ezra Jack Keats award. She also edited the middle-grade series Edgar & Ellen, which sold over a half-million copies worldwide in 12 languages and inspired a cartoon series on Nickelodeon. In 2011, she cofounded Red Fox Literary, a children's book agency representing authors and illustrators, with agent extraordinaire Karen Grencik. Her novelty book What's in Your Purse?, illustrated by Nathalie Dion, will be published in spring 2014 by Chronicle. Abigail lives in Sonoma, CA, with her husband and son, two dogs, and a roving band of chickens. Visit redfoxliterary.com. Sarah Watts went to Ringling College of Art and Design where she studied with many great instructors. She then worked at Carter's for two years, designing images and patterns for baby clothes, and then at International Greetings for a year creating patterns for stationery, gift bags, and other giftables. Sarah then started a career as an independent illustrator, and her clients include Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Amazon Children's Publishing, Random House UK, and Penguin Books UK. She lives in Atlanta, GA.

A jet-setting gator and hippo visit seven different countries and teach readers how to say hello and goodbye in various languages ("He says 'Bonjour! in France....He says 'Konichiwa' in Japan.") Accompanying each new word is a simple phonetic spelling. Librarians who sing hello and goodbye songs in storytime will be inspired to add a bit of international flavor with these colorful and fun offerings.—Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal