num_pages: 40
description: The creator of the award-winning app Scruffy Kitty Michael Slack brings young readers a fresh dynamic duo: an energetic dinosaur and a cranky but loving bird who both pack lots of silly noises and fuzzy surprises in this vibrantly illustrated friendship story.Meet Shorty &amp; Clem! Shorty is a really short dinosaur. A shortysaurus to be exact. Clem is a blue quail. A quail is some kind of bird.While Clem is out a package arrives at the door with his name on it. Shorty gets super excited and finds the box irresistible. Whats inside? A race cartrampolinebongosmonkeys? He REALLY wants to open it but he knows that its Clems. Should he open the box? Of course not! Instead he jumps on it like a trampolineTHUMP!and bangs on it like a drumBOOM BADA BOOM!until he finally opens it. Thats when Clem comes home. Shorty is sure hes done something terrible but Clem proves to him that best friends are the best surprises of all!
language: English
title: Shorty & Clem
publisher: HarperCollins