Gustav is missing! : a tale of friendship and bravery

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Summary:

Oh, no! When mushroom boy Little Cap's pet slug, Gustav, goes missing, Little Cap is beside himself. How can he summon the courage to leave his cozy home to find him? But summon he does. There are many suspicious characters just outside his door and--gasp!--he has to talk to his neighbors, but Little Cap can't be stopped. After much perilous searching--up sheer cliffs and into deep canyons and even stepping in something really, really gross--Little Cap finally finds his very best friend, and he's changed for the better along the way. Here is a story that celebrates friendship, perseverance, and bravery, told with Andrea Zuill's signature heart and humor. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 4-8. Random House Studio.

Grades K-1. Random House Studio.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Courage -- Juvenile fiction.

Pets -- Juvenile fiction.

Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Mushrooms -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Random House Studio,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780593487471

9780593487488

Publication Information:

New York : Random House Studio, [2023]

Call Number:

P ZUILL

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Summary

From the author of Sweety comes a heartwarming story of friendship and bravery, featuring a little mushroom who sets off into the scary world to find his missing pet slug.

Oh, no! When mushroom boy Little Cap's pet slug, Gustav, goes missing, Little Cap is beside himself. How can he summon the courage to leave his Cosy home to find him? But summon he does. There are many suspicious characters just outside his door and-- gasp!-- he has to talk to his neighbours, but Little Cap can't be stopped.

After much perilous searching--up sheer cliffs and into deep canyons and even stepping in something really, really gross--Little Cap finally finds his very best friend, and he's changed for the better along the way. Here is a story that celebrates friendship, perseverance, and bravery, told with Andrea Zuill's signature heart and humour.

Author Notes

Andrew ZuillL is the author-illustrator of Regina Is NOT a Little Dinosaur, an Indie Next List selection; Sweety , a Booklist Best Book of the Year; and Wolf Camp, a Children's Choice Award finalist. She is also the creator of Business Pig , Dance Is for Everyone, and Marigold & Daisy. Andrea is the illustrator of Cat Dog Dog by Nelly Buchet , an American Library Association Notable Book, which was called "a clever, winning read-aloud for modern families" in a starred review from Kirkus Reviews . Her work has been exhibited in galleries in California, Texas, and New York.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Shown wearing overalls and big spectacles, Little Cap is an adorably grave-looking red-capped mushroom who believes that the outside world is "chaos." Emotionally honest vignettes show him knocked flat by cries of "SURPRISE!" and distrustful of various anthropomorphized animals and vegetables. The one place where Little Cap feels safe is the snug, cozily appointed cottage he shares with pet slug Gustav. But when Gustav nudges past the front gate and disappears, Little Cap must go forth to find him. Slowly, the protagonist gathers a critical mass of helpers, and what he perceives as a physically challenging landscape yields to a little grit and bravery. Back home with Gustav (revealed by a fellow slug as snoozing on a rock), Little Cap feels more open and connected, becoming something of a raconteur and embracing new adventures. Elegant, digitally colored ink illustrations from Zuill (Donut) provide plenty of quirky details while remaining deeply sympathetic to the story's offbeat protagonist, which makes his newfound, internally identified confidence endearing and inspiring. Ages 4--8. (Apr.)