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The Upper Case: Trouble in Capital City by Tara Lazar, Ross MacdonaldISBN: 1368027652
Published by Disney-Hyperion on October 15, 2019
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Source: Publisher
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THE UPPERCASE
About the Book:
Title: THE UPPERCASE
Author: Tara Lazar & Ross Macdonald (Illustrator)
Pub. Date: October 15, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 32
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, TBD
Just when Private I thinks all is calm-now that he’s cracked the case of 7 Ate 9-Question Mark storms into the office.
Mark is worried. All the uppercase letters are M-I-S-S-I-N-G! But that’s absurd. This is CAPITAL City!
Private I is the last letter standing. Will he solve his BIGGEST mystery yet, the UPPER CASE, before it’s too late?!
Filled with the same humor, wit, and quirkiness of the hit 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story, comes another laugh-out-loud whodunit.
REVIEW
This story is perfect for those readers just advancing on from picture books and alphabet books and ready for a challenge! This book is perfect for those not quite ready for chapter books. The plot reminds me of an old-time detective story and has the same flair but toned-down for the younger set. This is a follow up to 7 ate 9 and takes place in Capital City when all of the capital letters disappear. As you follow Private I with help from the Question Mark? and Exclamation Point! as they search for clues that will keep your young one guessing and reading along with the wordplay. There are lots of silly puns that will have you laughing as well.
Street magic performer. Hog-calling champion. Award-winning ice sculptor. These are all things Tara Lazar has never been.
Instead, she writes quirky, humorous picture books where anything is possible.
Her picture books available now are:
- THE MONSTORE (Aladdin/S&S, 2013)
- I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BEAR BOOK (Aladdin/S&S, 2015)
- LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD (Random House Children’s, 2015)
- NORMAL NORMAN (Sterling, 2016)
- WAY PAST BEDTIME (Aladdin/S&S, 2017)
- 7 ATE 9: THE UNTOLD STORY (Disney*Hyperion, 2017)
- YOUR FIRST DAY OF CIRCUS SCHOOL (Tundra, June 2019)
Tara is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency.
Her last name rhymes with “bazaar”—you can listen to Tara pronounce her name on TeachingBooks.net. She’s not Tara Laser-beam (although that would be awesome).
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a finished copy of THE UPPERCASE, US Only.
Blog Tour Schedule:
Week One:
10/14/2019 | Twirling Book Princess | Excerpt |
10/14/2019 | Jill’s Book Blog | Review |
10/15/2019 | BookHounds YA | Review |
10/15/2019 | Little Red Reads | Excerpt |
10/16/2019 | Southern Girl Bookaholic | Review |
10/16/2019 | Lisa-Queen of Random | Spotlight |
10/17/2019 | Character Madness and Musings | Spotlight |
10/17/2019 | Ficticiouswonderland | Review |
10/18/2019 | The Try Everything / jenifer_reads | Excerpt |
10/18/2019 | I Read Kid’s Books Journal / Ireadwhatuwrite | Excerpt |
Week Two:
10/21/2019 | YA Book Nerd | Review |
10/21/2019 | Wonder Struck | Review |
10/22/2019 | Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers | Review |
10/22/2019 | Two Chicks on Books | Excerpt |
10/23/2019 | books are love | Review |
10/23/2019 | Books a Plenty Book Reviews | Review |
10/24/2019 | Savings in Seconds | Review |
10/24/2019 | Lifestyle of Me | Review |
10/25/2019 | two points of interest | Review |
10/25/2019 | A Gingerly Review | Review |
Instagram Tour Schedule:
Week One:
10/14/2019 | Fictitious Fox | Review |
10/15/2019 | Ficticiouswonderland | Review |
10/16/2019 | BookHounds YA | Review |
10/17/2019 | Character Madness and Musings | Spotlight |
10/18/2019 | Savings in Seconds | Review |
Week Two:
10/21/2019 | I Read Kid’s Books Journal / Ireadwhatuwrite | Review |
10/22/2019 | Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers | Review |
10/23/2019 | books are love | Review |
10/24/2019 | Storiesandplottwists | Review |
10/25/2019 | Little Red Reads | Review |
cool cover
Sounds delightful. I’m in pun heaven!
thanks for the giveaway!
This author always makes me laugh and is very clever with world play.
The cover is awesome and the story sounds hilarious. I am checking into the whole list of books and I know the perfect future reader. Thanks for sharing,
VEry age appropriate for my niece I’d love to give it to her for Christmas. I am thinking she’ll enjoy this one very much.
Keep up the good work!
This looks fun!
Best of luck with the book and book tour! I saw this post in the Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 edition of The BookTube Your Shelf Daily Reader.