Way Far Away on a Wild Safari

by Peck, Jan; Petrone, Valeria

• ISBN13: 9781416900726
• ISBN10: 1416900721
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
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Summary

With the use of a child's imagination, a grandmother's kitchen transforms into the African terrain, and freshly baked cookies come alive to form different animals of the savanna. Full color.

Author Biography

Jan Peck has written stories and articles in Highlights for Children, Boys' Life, Humpty Dumpty, and Turtle magazines. In adition, she is the author of The Giant Carrot, illustrated by Barry Root, and her story "The Perfect Dog" is in the best-selling book Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul. Her previous picture book with Simon & Schuster is Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea. She resides in Texas.

Valeria Petrone has illustrated several books for children, including Ducks in Muck by Lori Haskins, Say Cheese! by Nancy Smiler Levinson, and Uh-Oh! by Marion Dane Bauer. She is the illustrator for Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo and, most recently, illustrated Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea. She currently lives in Italy.