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Beatrice is carrying a beautiful bunch of bananas on her head to take to her granddad. She sets off on the jungle path but unfortunately a giraffe accidentally flicks his tail and brushes the bananas into a stream. To make amends, the giraffe picks some flowers for Beatrice to take to her
granddad instead. What follows is a series of events in which Beatrice loses each successive gift, owing to the inadvertent actions of various jungle animals, and is given something as a replacement gift each time. So the flowers are replaced by honeycomb, which is replaced by mangoes, which are
replaced by a lion's whisker, which is replaced by a parrot's feather. As Beatrice passes an elephant, she accidentally tickles his trunk with the feather. He sneezes and blows the feather clean away. So the elephant reaches up into the trees with his trunk to procure a replacement gift for Beatrice
to take to her granddad . . . a beautiful bunch of bananas! This time granddad's house is just a few steps away and Beatrice manages to deliver the bananas safely.
granddad instead. What follows is a series of events in which Beatrice loses each successive gift, owing to the inadvertent actions of various jungle animals, and is given something as a replacement gift each time. So the flowers are replaced by honeycomb, which is replaced by mangoes, which are
replaced by a lion's whisker, which is replaced by a parrot's feather. As Beatrice passes an elephant, she accidentally tickles his trunk with the feather. He sneezes and blows the feather clean away. So the elephant reaches up into the trees with his trunk to procure a replacement gift for Beatrice
to take to her granddad . . . a beautiful bunch of bananas! This time granddad's house is just a few steps away and Beatrice manages to deliver the bananas safely.
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From the Back Cover:
This holiday anthology contains fiction and poetry by some of America's foremost contemporary writers. Looking at the most beloved American holiday, these artists produce of treasure house of Christmas memories and reflections. Includes works from Julia Alvarez, Bobbie Ann Mason, Robert Penn Warren, David Bottoms, Annie Dillard, John Updike, Louise Shivers, Charlie Daniels, Garrison Keillor, and others.
About the Author:
Liz Pichon has written and/or illustrated the following titles: A Tale of Two Kitties (Scholastic), My Big Brother Boris (Scholastic) - winner of the Nestle Book Prize Silver Award, Bored Bill (Little Tiger Press), The Very Ugly Bug (Little Tiger Press), Wolf Child, written by Susan Gates
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0192729055
- ISBN 13 9780192729057
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorPichon Liz
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