Otis and Rae and the Grumbling Splunk - Hardcover

Espinosa, Laura; Espinosa, Leo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 061898206X ISBN 13: 9780618982066

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008

Synopsis

While on their first camping trip ever, Rae looks forward to tracking a wild beast but it is a fearful Otis who first encounters the Grumbling Splunk, whose grumbling might not be so scary after all. 30,000 first printing.

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PreSchool-Grade 3—Otis and Rae are headed into the woods for their first camping trip. Rae is enormously excited, and she can't wait to experience "NATURE." Otis is a bit hesitant and just wants to eat his sandwiches, skip the scary campfire stories, and go to bed in their tent. But it's Rae who falls asleep right away, leaving Otis thinking wild thoughts about the strange noises he hears. When he leaves the tent in search of his flashlight, he encounters a large, scary beast that grumbles loudly, and they run from one another. Otis returns to the tent to "rescue Rae" from the mysterious creature, but she can't believe her good luck—to be able to see a Grumbling Splunk—so the kids go in search of it. The text, much of which is in balloons, is hand lettered, generally easy to read, and shifts from all lowercase to all uppercase letters. The mixed-media illustrations in eye-popping colors move the story along quickly. Otis and Rae have tiny bodies and large marshmallow heads, while the splunk looks like an overstuffed orange bear. Most pages are broken up into two to four panels. This story is best shared one-on-one or in a small group setting.—Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 061898206X
• ISBN 13: 9780618982066
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 30