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10 New and Forthcoming The King of Poop Géraldine Collet, illustrated by Hervé Le Go A smart and humble dung beetle teaches the importance of everyone’s job and the role they play Parents and young readers alike will be hooked first by the title and second by the hero of the story, an underappreciated dung beetle An honest and clever moral that illustrates how devaluing and mocking others will land you in a whole LOAD of POOP In the savanna the animals all live in harmony. A very small but hardworking dung beetle works diligently to carefully pick up and roll the droppings he finds to keep the ecosystem clean. The other animals make fun of him and the job he performs. The hurtful comments are intended to make him understand that he is an undesirable and not valued. His only advocate, the fly, defends him and urges him to rebel. But what a disappointment there, too, so the dung beetle is faced with a big decision that is destined to change the savanna itself! Join this little dung beetle as he leaves this corner of the savanna for a new place where his kindness and bravery are saluted, and find out what happens to the kingdom he leaves behind. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6337-5 Size: 9" x 11" (228 x 279 mm) Pages: 32 Binding: hardcover Illustrations: 14 color images Price: $16.99 US Age Range: 4 to 8 years Lexile: 690L BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance E-book ISBN: 978-1-5073-0264-4 AVAILABLE APRIL Géraldine Collet has authored many children’s books in her native French and is also a comic book writer and continues to explore other literary forms. Her books have been translated in Korea, Spain, China, and now the United States. Visit her blog: http:// geraldinecollet.unblog.fr or follow her on Instagram @geraldine.collet. Hervé Le Go was born with fondness for scribbling and later discovered that he could make a profession of it! Hervé has illustrated several children’s books and has produced various visuals for products and games. Follow him on Instagram @herve.le.go .illustrateur. Géraldine Collet, illustrated by Hervé Le Goff ISBN 978-0-7643-6337-5 In the savanna, a little dung beetle was incredibly happy! He had just found a wildebeest poop. “This will be perfect for my lunch!” he thought. While he was rolling his ball to eat later in his burrow, he heard an elephant say, “Hey, small fry! Get out of the way or I’ll step on you.” The dung beetle, being very smart, moved aside. He knew he was no match for an elephant. A short time later, the fly said to him, “You can’t let yourself be disrespected like that! You must stand up for yourself! If I were you, I would talk to the king of the animals. He will stop their insults!” The dung beetle thought about it, and then he said, “Maybe you are right . . .”