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In There Was An Old Lady and The House That Jack Built tradition, this rhyming picture book traces a chain of cataclysmic events that occurs in the jungle? But which one of the exotic animals started all the trouble?
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About the Author:
Jonathan began writing when he was at college - lyrics for the band he sang in. Upon leaving college he worked as an architect, designing an art gallery, a theatre and an airport check-in building. He likes crispy bacon, going to the cinema and rock music. His ambitions are to finish his adult novel, direct a feature film and to get out more often! Elena Gomez lives in France. This is her second book for Hodder.
From School Library Journal:
Kindergarten-Grade 3-This story is very much like Verna Aardema's Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Dial, 1975), but the culprit here is a fly "that buzzed through the heart of the jungle." It gets eaten by the spider, which gets eaten by the toad, which gets eaten by the crocodile, etc. The cadence follows a "This Is the House That Jack Built" pattern, which will delight listeners as it becomes clear that all of this eating was started by Lion, the King of Beasts, doing what lions do and causing animals to scatter. What sets this story apart is the creative variation of fonts. It starts out in medium-large text, perfect for young readers, and fluctuates ever so subtly, first angles, then curves up and down and around the shape of the animals. There is great rhythmic movement in the art, with bursts of color beginning with blues and greens. Gradually, dashes of other colors are added, culminating in bright orange for the King's mane, as his roar fills the whole page. Kids will be mesmerized-when they are not chiming in on the title refrain.
Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherHodder Children's Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0340854391
- ISBN 13 9780340854396
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorElena Gomez
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