Boing! - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0744596858 ISBN 13: 9780744596854

Publisher: Walker Childrens Hardbacks

Synopsis

A terrible thing has happened to the Great Elastic Marvel (five times World Trampolining Champion, sometimes known as the Man with Rubber Legs, The Jumping Master). As he practises his deadly difficult, quadruple, headfirst flip, he flips from one danger to another.

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About the Author

Sean Taylor has spent the past 12 years working on poetry, storytelling and creative writing with young people, visiting schools, libraries, art centres and museums across three continents. Since meeting his Brazilian wife, he has been living between Sao Paulo in Brazil and London. He says of Boing!: "It's based on a true story. Or at least something I read in a newspaper once. Somewhere in Eastern Europe a trampolining champion did accidentally jump out of his own window. Apparently." Bruce Ingman received his MA in Illustration from the Royal College of Art, has taught in several colleges and illustrated for such magazines as Vogue. He has also written the children's books: Lost Property, A Night on the Tiles, Bad News I'm in Charge! and the award-winning IWhen Martha's Away.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 4–In this lively picture book, the Great Elastic Marvel, the five-time World Trampolining Champion, accidentally bounces out of his apartment window, landing on a tree branch and bouncing back into the sky. He continues on, narrowly escaping injury as he hurtles toward a barge (it's carrying mattresses), a speeding train, TV antennae on rooftops, and an outdoor orchestra. Bouncing off the kettledrum, he flies back into his apartment, but this time his shoelace snags on the window catch and he falls to the floor. The final pages show the man in a plaster cast in the hospital, but even broken bones do not keep him still as he turns flips over his roommates' privacy curtains. The humorous text includes hilarious one-liners from the Great Elastic Marvel; he calls out "Hooplah!" and "Holy Moly!" and "Blimey O'Reilly!" as he bounds from one exaggerated situation to the next. Repeated phrases add consistency and rhythm, and young listeners will join in and call out the most repeated word, "Boing!" Ingman's energetic acrylic paintings add to the humor; the bright illustrations with their black line details draw readers to the action on each spread. Save quiet, contemplative stories for bedtime and share this spirited book before recess or during an afternoon at the park.–Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System, Madison, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens Hardbacks
• ISBN 10: 0744596858
• ISBN 13: 9780744596854
• Binding: Hardcover