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Cecil the pet glacier

Ruby Small's embarrassingly eccentric parents take her on a vacation to Norway where she acquires an unwanted pet, a glacier named Cecil, who finds a way to melt Ruby's heart.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harvey, Matthea, 1973-
Other Authors:	Potter, Giselle (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Pets > Juvenile fiction. Glaciers > Juvenile fiction. Eccentrics and eccentricities > Juvenile fiction. Norway > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Ruby Small's embarrassingly eccentric parents take her on a vacation to Norway where she acquires an unwanted pet, a glacier named Cecil, who finds a way to melt Ruby's heart.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Literary Guild Selection, 2012.
ISBN:	9780375867736 (hbk.) 0375867732 (hbk.) 9780375967733 (glb) 0375967737 (glb)
Author Notes:	MATTHEA HARVEY is the author of several books of poetry, including Modern Life, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. Other books include a storybook called The Little General and the Giant Snowflake and an illustrated erasure, Of Lamb . Matthea teaches poetry at Sarah Lawrence and lives in Brooklyn. Learn more at mattheaharvey.com. GISELLE POTTER's children's books include, most recently, The Orphan by Anthony Manna and Christadoula Mitakadou; The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner; Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, a Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal Best Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; and The Big Box by Toni Morrison. She also wrote and illustrated two autobiographical picture books, The Year I Didn't Go to School and Chloe's Birthday and Me . Giselle lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.