Oh, Nuts! - Hardcover

Sauer, Tammi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599904667 ISBN 13: 9781599904665

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2012

Synopsis

Cutesy, Blinky and Bob live in the zoo. But does anyone pay attention to them? No! All the zoo-goers are too busy gawking at gorillas, clicking cameras at the koalas, even staring at the sloth! That is, until these chipmunks concoct a full-on campaign to become the most popular animals in the zoo. But it won't be easy. No matter what our heroes try, it's hard to upstage exotic creatures like zebras and wallabies and poison dart frogs. And when this fame-hungry trio finally achieves the stardom they've been dreaming of, they may discover it's not all it was cracked up to be. Oh nuts!

Rising stars Tammi Sauer and Dan Krall have crafted a hilarious picture book for little attention seekers everywhere - and the zookeepers who love them.

About this title

About the Author:

TAMMI SAUER is the author of Chicken Dance, Cowboy Camp, and other books for young readers. She has also taught summer school, preschool, and middle school, and served as a library media specialist. She loves to read, ski, spend time with family and friends, go to the movies, and eat out as often as possible. She lives in Edmond, OK, with a husband, two children, one dog, two geckos, and a tank full of random fish. www.tammisauer.com

DAN KRALL is a cartoonist and illustrator whose previous books include Absolutely Beastly Children and Being a Pig is Nice. When he's not illustrating picture books, he works in the animation industry as a producer and art director. www.dankrall.com

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 1-Three fat-cheeked chipmunks live at the zoo-tall, skinny Cutesy; short, big-eyed Blinky; and blobby Bob. Although they zip around trying to attract attention, the human visitors only want to watch the koalas, elephants, zebras, giraffes, and other enclosed animals chew grass, flick bugs, and sleep. The chipmunks attempt dangerous stunts, don wacky disguises, and play loud music to get noticed, but nothing works. Finally, Bob comes up with a surefire plan. They squeeze into an animal enclosure and chew grass, flick bugs, and play dead. This, of course, gains them instant notoriety and the public adores them. But as soon as they achieve their long-desired fame, they become "so OVER the paparazzi" and go back to their tree so they can once again live in obscurity. The mildly amusing text takes much of the book to build up to an obvious climax and ends abruptly. The digital illustrations, which look like they came from a Nickelodeon cartoon, feature bug-eyed, exaggerated characters that border on the grotesque and try too hard to inject humor into the story. For more entertaining zoo animals, check out Judy Sierra and Marc Brown's ZooZical (Knopf, 2011).-Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CTα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1599904667
• ISBN 13: 9781599904665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Krall Dan