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Just Flash (Tales of Midlandia)
by
Michael Scotto (Goodreads Author),
The Ink Circle
Flash is the only animal of his kind, but he wishes he could just belong to a pack like everyone else at the zoo. He first tries to become another animal, in order to fit in. He tries to be a giraffe; he tries to be a gazelle; he even tries to be a zebra. Along the way, though, Flash realizes that it's more rewarding to be himself-no more, no less.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
January 31st 2012
by Midlandia Press
(first published 2009)
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As patrons visited Animal Land they often asked "What do you call that big blue whatsit?" The zookeeper answers "He's just Flash. No more, no less". Oh but how Flash wishes to be much more than that. He is lonely and stuck with no friends and no identity of who he belongs to. The other animals dont relate to him, and Flash feels down in the dumps. He tries to fit in with the giraffee, the zebras and even the gazelles.. but he is just Flash.
Michael Scotto writes a beautiful tale for children and...more
Michael Scotto writes a beautiful tale for children and...more
Jan 19, 2012
Michael Scotto
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5 of 5 stars
· (Review from the author)
Recommends it for:
pre-schoolers, early elementary, parents with young children
If The Pirate Koostoe is my favorite among my picture books, Just Flash was probably the most fun to write. It was a great change of pace to write a non-verbal character, and I think the illustrations are wonderfully emotive. When I visit a school, this one is my favorite to read to pre-schoolers and kindergartners -- though the first and second graders enjoy the word play, too.
We loved this book. Very entertaining! Help Flash fit-in at the zoo, all he wants is to be loved.
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Michael Scotto has worked as a filmmaker, a saxophone player and an engineer's assistant, but his true passion has always been writing. He is the author of the "The Tales of Midlandia" picture book series, as well as the middle-grade novels, "Latasha and the Little Red Tornado" and "Postcards from Pismo." When not writing, he enjoys cooking and photography.
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