How to Be a Hero

Description

Gideon lives in a a nice house, with nice parents, and nice toys ... that should be enough for anyone, right? But Gideon wants to be a hero .. How to Be a Hero is wry exploration of fairy tales and the nature of heroism that leaves the moral in the hands of the reader. It encourages conversation about the nature of heroism, what we take away from the stories we hear and read, and the value of celebrity, all while encouraging a more subtle form of heroism: choosing for yourself how you see the world and your place in it.

Florence Parry Heide is the author of many acclaimed books, including The Shrinking of Treehorn (illustrated by Edward Gorey), Princess Hyacinth (illustrated by Lane Smith), and, more recently, Dillweed's Revenge (illustrated by Carson Ellis). She passed away in 2011. Chuck Groenink has illustrated books on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and on one side of the Pacific. He lives with his wife and their two cats in Syracuse, New York.

Heroism with a wink.-Kirkus Reviews, starred review Nimbly shifts between suburban ordinary and fairy tale extraordinary.-Publishers Weekly A great way to start a conversation about what a hero is and is not.-School Library Connection A wonderfully quirky book about how we perceive heroism.--What We Do All Day Filled with tongue-in-cheek humor.-School Library Journal Gideon is a perfectly regular kid, and readers will love him all the more because of it.-Booklist, starred review