It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.
In this rollicking rhymed story, Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. She finds the perfect book for every animal—tall books for giraffes, tiny ones for crickets. “She even found waterproof books for the otter, who never went swimming without Harry Potter.” In no time at all, Molly has them “forsaking their niches, their nests, and their nooks,” going “wild, simply wild, about wonderful books.” Judy Sierra’s funny animal tale coupled with Marc Brown’s lush, fanciful paintings will have the same effect on young Homo sapiens. Altogether, it’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys!
Child Magazine
Only the humor is a clue that these lush, folk-art-style paintings are the work of Brown, creator of the book and TV character Arthur. Sierra's text amplifies the visual shenanigans with the frisky tale of a literacy craze that ensues when a bookmobile rolls into a zoo: Raccoons read alone and baboons read in bunches./And llamas read dramas while eating their llunches. (Ages 4 to 6)
Child magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2004
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Literature & Fiction
- Poetry
- Stories In Verse
- Poetry
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Author : Judy Sierra,Marc Brown
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2004-08-10
Number Of Pages : 40
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 037582538X
ISBN-13 : 9780375825385
Item weight : 1.1 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 9.37 in x 12.24 in
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