About the Book Alex and the Squid

Every year when the book fair comes to school, Alex struggles. He loves books so much, and yet he never has money to spend at the book fair. But when he sees a new book about his favorite animals, cephalopods like squids and octopuses, he slips it into his backpack and takes it home. After falling asleep studying all the wonderful animals, Alex dreams of meeting and befriending the giant squid, but the next day, when the principal announces that a book was taken from the book fair, Alex has to wrestle with what to do with the book he loves.

Alex and The Squid features:

• A child resolving a private emotional dilemma on their own, with gentle, unobtrusive support from a school librarian
• Lots of cephalopods and facts about cephalopods in the back matter
• An example of using an amnesty box to provide an opportunity for someone to return an item with no questions asked

About the Illustrator

Nathalie Dieterlé is a children's book author and illustrator whose childhood in Ghana and early years in Cameroon shaped her vibrant artistic voice. She studied graphic design in Paris before refining her illustration skills at the Arts Décoratifs School in Strasbourg. Her work has appeared in nearly eighty children's books, published by major publishing houses in France and abroad -- including the US, Japan, China, Brazil, the UK, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Korea. She is based in Montreuil, France.
Visit Nathalie's website at NathalieDieterle.com.

About the Publisher

Learn more about the publisher at the Barefoot Books website.