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A girl learns that a cold needs a LOT of things, as she waits for a bad case of the sniffles to run its course.

What does a cold need? It needs a comfy bed by a window, warm socks, Grandma's chicken soup, and plenty of Dad's silly jokes. Sometimes, a cold just needs a little time.

In this warmly written and quietly humorous picture book about a girl sporting a red nose that just won't seem to go away while she waits for a bad case of the sniffles to run its course, she and her family learn an important lesson—a cold needs what a cold needs.

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ISBN-13:	9780823441723
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	02/12/2019
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Barbara Bottner is a screenwriter, actor, lyricist, and author of more than forty children's books. She has collaborated with illustrator Michael Emberly on multiple titles, including the New York Times bestseller Miss Brooks Loves Books, its companion Miss Brooks' Story Nook, Priscilla Gorilla, and more. Also the author of Wallace's Lists, Bootsie Barker Bites, and many more, her work is frequently translated, animated, and selected for "best of" lists.

Chris Sheban is a graphic designer and illustrator who has been awarded three gold and three silver medals from the Society of Illustrators in New York. He has illustrated many picture books including Ellen Yeomans' The Other Ducks, Patricia MacLachlan's Someone Like Me, and Job Wanted by Teresa Bateman. He lives in Chicago and catches a lot of colds.

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"Soft graphite lines and even softer washed-out colors create illustrations that are as calm and comforting as warm chicken soup. With two dozen or fewer words per page, the story makes a good bedside read-aloud or read-alone. . . . A comforting book to share with a child experiencing the disagreeableness of a first cold."—School Library Journal

"Follow along as a young child copes with a cold and makes note of everything important to feel better. . . . Kids will find comfort in the familiar 'needs' of the cold and knowing that they will get better soon to 'run around and cause just a little trouble' once again."—Kirkus Reviews

"Your child has a cold? Well, along with the chicken soup, they might welcome this book. . . . The endearing art captures the aggravation that comes along with being sick, including an overflowing basket of tissues, but also some of the perks, including an affectionate little spotted dog, who is a reminder of all the fun to be had that's waiting just outside. Get a couple of copies for library shelves—colds abound!" —Booklist

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Winter 2018
PreS-Gr 1—A little girl has the sniffles and there are things that her cold demands. Colds need a comfy bed by a window so the child can hear birds sing. A cold needs Grandpa's soft kisses and Dad's goofy jokes. As the story goes, a cold needs other things that offer comfort until the girl recovers. Once the cold is gone, the girl goes outside to play. With her cold-reddened nose, created with watercolors and colored pencils, the girl goes about her days in her sickbed with her pet dog and loving family nearby. Soft graphite lines and even softer washed-out colors create illustrations that are as calm and comforting as warm chicken soup. With two dozen or fewer words per page, the story makes a good bedside read-aloud or read-alone. VERDICT A comforting book to share with a child experiencing the disagreeableness of a first cold.—Mindy Hiatt, Salt Lake County Library Services

School Library Journal

2018-11-26
Being sick is never fun, but it helps to know exactly what a cold might need to go on its way.
Follow along as a young child copes with a cold and makes note of everything important to feel better. Warm socks, puppy snuggles, and a bit of sympathy from your siblings are just a few things that come to mind that help our young protagonist. The text phrases these necessities with lyricism and whimsy: A cold "likes to listen to the chirping of the birds // and the tinkling of raindrops, / with a clear view of the sweet blue sky." Sheban's soft-edged illustrations join Bottner's soothingly paced text, offering full-page and vignette illustrations to accompany complex sentences beat by beat and slowing down for languorous double-page spreads where a single clause or simple declarative sentence stops to take its time for, for instance, some "music and a long, deep afternoon nap." Here the child sleeps, mouth open (a red nose attests that it's plugged), a snoozing dog atop the blankets and a radio emitting musical notes. The palette, sun-drenched greens and earth hues, is visual chicken soup. The protagonist's mom has light-brown skin and her dad presents white, suggesting an interracial family.
Kids will find comfort in the familiar "needs" of the cold and knowing that they will get better soon to "run around and cause just a little trouble" once again. (Picture book. 4-8)

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