There's a Hole in My Bucket - Hardcover

Schubert, Dieter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1886910286 ISBN 13: 9781886910287

Publisher: Lemniscaat USA, 1994

Synopsis

Lively watercolors of an amusing bear and his hedgehog friend tell the story of this classic children's song

The classic children's folk song that ponders how to fix the hole at the bottom of a bucket comes to life in warm, vibrant colors and lifelike images of endearing forest creatures. Bear, discovering one day that the flowers outside of his den are drooping, must water them quickly. He considers walking to the lake with his spoon, but that's not big enough to hold enough water for the flowers. His colander, he notes with a frown, won't hold any water at all. But then he finds his bucket and is about to head to the lake when he discovers the hole at the bottom of the bucket.

Bear's friend Hedgehog happens along, and together, they venture on a comic effort to repair the hole. Hedgehog suggests patching tile hole with straw, but the straw is too long. So they try to use a pair of scissors to cut the straw, but the blades are too dull. They want to use a stone to sharpen the scissors. but the stone is too dry. They need some water for the stone and plan to leave for the lake, but -- Oops! They can't get water because there's a hole in the bucket!

Beautiful watercolor images of the laughing hedgehog and confounded bear will entertain and delight new readers. And at the end of Bear and Hedgehog's delight fully comic tale, nature takes its course and showers down rain, saving the day -- and the flowers.

""Watercolor Illustrations combine funny touches...with softly colored, nicely detailed animals and landscapes"". -- Booklist

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-KABear's flowers are droopy and need some water but his bucket has a hole in it. Hedgehog suggests using some straw as a plug but it's too tough to break into pieces. His scissors are too dull and it takes some time to find a good sharpening stone. Meanwhile, a storm is building. As Bear and his woodland friends enjoy the ensuing wet afternoon in his "hole," the flowers benefit from the rain. Bear then presents a lovely bouquet to HedgehogAwho needs a bucket to put them in. This retelling of a traditional folksong suffers just a bit from obsolescenceAyoung listeners may be perplexed about straw in buckets and stone-sharpened scissors. However, Bear is an endearing fellow and children will delight in his challenges and good-natured acquiescence to fate. From his pawprints on the endpapers through the gradual accumulation of a passel of charming forest creatures, the bucolic watercolors flow over double-page spreads in soft muted browns and greens. The brief text reads well, though not suspensefully, aloud. A final conundrum, however: the watered flowers appear to be as droopy as they did at the start. An additional purchase best enjoyed one-on-one for full appreciation of the winsome details.ACarol Ann Wilson, Westfield Memorial Library, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Lemniscaat USA
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1886910286
• ISBN 13: 9781886910287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32