Hang In There! (A Hello!Lucky Book)

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Have you ever had a day when nothing seems to go your way?

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You have fish breath. You need a drink. But there’s a walrus in the sink!

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Yippee! You found your favorite shirt! But wait. It’s soaked in inky squirt.

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You need to eat. Your stomach churns.

But what’s that smell? Ew! Scrambled worms?!

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Time to go. Where is your coat? It’s being eaten by a goat!

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On the bus, you’re feeling beat. Wait—who’s that sitting in your seat?

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You’re on a roll. You’ve got big plans. But someone has a LOT of hands!

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You race to play out in the yard— but a dinosaur is standing guard!

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You want to curl up with a book, but there’s a boa in the nook!

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“I’m going home—you’re much too loud!” This is an advance, uncorrected proof. Not for resale, duplication, or But no one hears reposting. Please do not quote without you in the crowd. comparison to the finished book.


“I’ve had it with this lousy day!”

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You decide to go and play. But . . .


. . . a yak is sitting on your toys.

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It then lets out an awful noise.

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This is absurd. You start to laugh.

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So does the goat. And the giraffe!


Don’t give up. No, never, nope. Where there is humor, there is hope!

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We are brave birds of a feather. We’ll take this bad day on together!

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So hold on, friend! Do not despair. When times are tough, just hang in there!

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For Charles, dear fur-end and fellow carbon-based life form —S.M. For Daniel, my favorite purr-son —E.M. The illustrations in this book were created digitally. Library of Congress Control Number 2021935235 ISBN 978-1-4197-5556-9

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