Otter Goes to School

t o Sch oo l s e o G

SA M G A R TO N BALZER + BRAY An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

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Balzer + Bray is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Otter Goes to School Copyright © 2016 by Sam Garton All rights reserved. Manufactured in China.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. www.harpercollinschildrens.com ISBN 978-0-06-235225-5

The artist used Adobe Photoshop to create the digital illustrations for this book.

Typography by Dana Fritts 16 17 18 19 20 SCP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 v First Edition

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To Mum and Dad, who taught me (most of) everything I know

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One morning, I asked Otter Keeper how

he got to be so clever in the first place.

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He told us that when he was little he went to a super-fun place called school. At school you learn a lot and get really clever.

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School is why Otter Keeper is good at so many things and why he hardly ever makes spelling mistakes.

I decided I would start my own school!

I knew a lot of people who weren’t as clever as they could be.

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