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Wild About Books

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Wild About Books

by Judy Sierra
Illustrator: Marc Brown

Random House Children's Books | August 10, 2004 | Hardcover

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!

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    Rating: 5/5

    Amazing!

    Tanya Pollard

    3 years ago

    This is an amazing book for young children. It combines books and animals and rhymes. My 3yr old daughter loves animals and absolutely adores this book. It's a great introduction to poetry as well. Overall, it is absolutely wonderful! A must for every little person's bookshelf.

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    Rating: 5/5

    Fabulous

    C. Rollings

    4 years ago

    I bought this for my 3 year old. The rhymes are fabulous and she knows it is like a Dr. Seuss book. My 3 year old can even complete the rhymes. She likes to look for the baby animals in all the pictures.

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    KarenDunn

    Rating: 5/5

    What a fun read!

    KarenDunn

    7 years ago

    A la Dr. Seuss, Sierra's rhyming is spot on. The vocabulary is wonderful - just thought provoking enough for my 5 year old! The way she combines most children's love of both animals and books is so compelling. I can even see older children enjoying the read aloud when learing about poetry. Marc Brown's illustrations are as wonderful as ever. He has managed to make all the animals look real, life-like, and amusing all at the same time. A great colaboration!

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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!

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"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!

About the Author

Judy Sierra is the author of many critically acclaimed children's books, including the bestselling collection of funny poems, Antarctic Antics; Silly & Sillier; and Tasty Baby Belly Buttons. She lives in Castro Valley, CA.

Marc Brown is best known as the creator of Arthur the aardvark, but you will find no aardvarks or animals wearing glasses in this book. Drawing upon his classical training at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Marc Brown's colorful paintings for Wild About Books reflect the naïve spirit of folk art at its best. "Judy Sierra's story gave me the opportunity to indulge myself in painting," said Mr. Brown, adding that this is the book of which he is most proud. He lives in Hingham and Martha's Vineyard, MA.

Hardcover

40 Pages, 9.37 x 12.31 x 0.36 IN

August 10, 2004

Random House Children's Books

English


037582538X
9780375825385

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