Gullible's troubles

Shannon, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0439087341 ISBN 13: 9780439087346

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Gullible's

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About the Author

Margaret Shannon was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and now lives near Nelson, New Zealand. The setting for The Red Wolf is loosely based on the beautiful fortress town of Loket nad Ohrí in the Czech Republic. After discovering the town in her travels, Margaret Shannon returned to live there for seven months and began developing the illustrations for this book.

From Kirkus Reviews

Anyone who has ever been bamboozled by a belief that those he loves are telling the truth will be rooting for Gullible Guineapig. He is visiting his aunt, uncle, and cousin, and he is getting underfoot. Aunt Sarah tells him that if he eats 50 carrots, he'll be invisible; Cousin Lila offers him real soccer boots (her rose pink heels); and Uncle Bernard sets him to washing coal. When the coal, of course, dissolves, Gullible goes to the basement to fetch more. He walks down the steps on his hands as Lila has warned him about the cellar monster, whose feet he (and readers) can see in the gloom. When Aunt Sarah, Uncle Bernard, and Lila go down to the cellar and don't return, Gullible eats a quick 50 carrots, puts on his ``soccer boots,'' and invisibly scampers home to his mom, reappearing in her arms. He gets the last laugh at his relatives, too, for when they emerge from the basement, the cellar monster is behind them. The message is pretty mean, but the paintingsrich in color, detail, and sillinesswill have children laughing out loud by the closing scene. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0439087341
• ISBN 13: 9780439087346
• Binding: Unknown Binding