The Giant Orange What-the-What?!

By Nicole Michels, Read by Caitlin Kelly

Price: $19.99

On Sale: 4/14/2026

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The Giant Orange What-the-What?!

By Nicole Michels, Read by Caitlin Kelly

Price: $19.99

On Sale: 4/14/2026

About the Book

A girl gains new perspective, skills, and friends while dealing with an unexpected challenge in this witty parable offering reassurance that while disruptions big and small are part of life, so is learning to work through them and growing in the process. For fans of What Do You Do with a Problem? and The Magical Yet.

When an unanticipated what-the-what?! disrupts your day, it may knock you off track.

It’s a quandary, a pickle, and an obstacle, all rolled up in one.

But with a plan, a push, some moving, and some doing, you can always bounce back!

Find inspiration in debut author-illustrator Nicole Michels’s sage and sprightly tale of triumphing over life’s inevitable curveballs with grit, flexibility, and the help of friends old and new. 

Product Details

ISBN: 9780063436688
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Apr 14, 2026
List price: $19.99
No of pages: 40
Trim Size: 8.850 in (w) x 11.300 in (h) x 0.450 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories

Nicole Michels

Biography

Cofounder of a boutique graphic design studio, Nicole Michels is a graphic designer with a love of picture books. Her first picture book illustrations appeared in Giraffe and Jackal Are Friends (Again), by Mary Mackenzie and Lisa Robinson. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Caitlin Kelly

Reviews

No reviews available.

About the Book

A girl gains new perspective, skills, and friends while dealing with an unexpected challenge in this witty parable offering reassurance that while disruptions big and small are part of life, so is learning to work through them and growing in the process. For fans of What Do You Do with a Problem? and The Magical Yet.

When an unanticipated what-the-what?! disrupts your day, it may knock you off track.

It’s a quandary, a pickle, and an obstacle, all rolled up in one.

But with a plan, a push, some moving, and some doing, you can always bounce back!

Find inspiration in debut author-illustrator Nicole Michels’s sage and sprightly tale of triumphing over life’s inevitable curveballs with grit, flexibility, and the help of friends old and new. 

Product Details

ISBN: 9780063436688
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Apr 14, 2026
List price: $19.99
No of pages: 40
Trim Size: 8.850 in (w) x 11.300 in (h) x 0.450 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories

Nicole Michels

Biography

Cofounder of a boutique graphic design studio, Nicole Michels is a graphic designer with a love of picture books. Her first picture book illustrations appeared in Giraffe and Jackal Are Friends (Again), by Mary Mackenzie and Lisa Robinson. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Caitlin Kelly

Reviews

No reviews available.

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