That's Good! That's Bad! - Softcover

Cuyler, Margery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805029540 ISBN 13: 9780805029543

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, 1993

Synopsis

A little boy has a comical series of adventures and misadventures with a bunch of wild animals in That’s Good! That’s Bad! by Margery Cuyler with full color illustrations by David Catrow.

A visit to the zoo turns into a high-flying trip as a shiny red balloon carries a little boy into the animals’ habitats where he has close up meets and greets with baboons, elephants, snakes, and many other jungle creatures.

About this title

About the Author:

Margery Cuyler is the author of many books for children, including From Here to There, The Little Dump Truck, and the chapter book Weird Wolf. The idea for That's Good! That's Bad! came from a conversation with her son, Thomas, who asked, "Can't bad things change into good things?" Ms. Cuyler grew up in the oldest house in Princeton, NJ, and started writing stories as soon as she learned how to write. She now lives in the same house with her husband, sons and two cats.

From Publishers Weekly:

At the zoo a boy is lifted into the sky by his balloon. "Oh, that's good. No, that's bad! "--because the balloon pops when it hits a tree deep in the jungle. "Oh, that's bad. No, that's good! "--because the wide-eyed lad falls into a river and climbs onto a hippo, who takes him to shore. Thus incidents that appear to be positive turn out to be negative (and vice-versa) as the child confronts an extremely colorful bevy of animals, including baboons who chase him up a tree, a hissing snake whom he mistakes for a vine, a kindly elephant who pulls him out of quicksand and a stork who flies him back to the zoo, into the arms of his parents. Cuyler's ( Fat Santa ) fanciful tale is energized by exclamations ("WHEEEE!"; "WHOOPS!"; "GLUG! GLUG!") that beg to be read aloud. Catrow's witty cartoons paint the jungle in a humorous light and hilariously depict the boy's alternating terror and relief. And that's good ! Ages 4-7.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0805029540
• ISBN 13: 9780805029543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Catrow David