The Worrywarts - Hardcover

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060281502 ISBN 13: 9780060281502

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1999

Synopsis

Worried Wombat is frightened by everything around her, yet with the help of her friends, Weasel and Woodchuck, she begins to face her fears and soon starts to live her life in an entirely new way. 17,500 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Pamela Duncan Edwards has wowed audiences with a wealth of winning tales.Her children's books include Roar, Livingstone Mouse, Some Smug Slug, Barefoot, and Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke.She lives in Virginia.

From Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-When Wombat, Weasel, and Woodchuck decide to wander the world, they each choose a favorite food or item they'd like to take along. Worry sets in, and they add to their list of needs to prevent the imagined dangers. Once out in the world, their fears become real, and it is their original foods and objects that save them. Prolific picture-book duo Edwards and Cole miss slightly with this alliterative tale: "What if we're running away when the weather worsens? What if a whirlwind blows in from the west and sweeps us away into the wilderness?" In Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke (1995) and Some Smug Slug (1996, both HarperCollins), half of the fun was in finding "f" and "s" words and shapes in the illustrations. In this book, the wordy text leaves no "w" unuttered. Cole's cartoon colored-pencil illustrations are lively and fun, but the text overpowers them. Even this team's fans will find this story forced and disappointing.
Timothy Capehart, Leominster Public Library, MA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0060281502
• ISBN 13: 9780060281502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cole Henry