Gertie Saves the Day

Exciting News!

"Gertie Saves the Day"
is now the recipient of the
Literary Titan Book Award
and the
Purple Dragonfly Children's Book Award
and also an
Amazon Best Seller

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Gertie Saves the Day!

Written by Karen Patricia Nespoli
Illustrated by Danielle Massironi

Gertie the Groundhog desperately wants to win the Groundhog Day Celebration Competition. That is until Jeff her classmate declares that he is going to win the competition.

Jeff-flip

He tells Gertie she is too short to have a shadow. Gertie is in it to win it and that’s when the fun gets started with more twists and turns than a pretzel.

Parents and teachers will love this book, not just for teaching about Groundhog Day, but also for lessons about kindness, friendship and doing the right thing.

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