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Type of bind: Paperback EAN num: 9780805029543 ISBN number: 0805029540 Label: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Quantity: 1 Page Count: 32 Printing Date: October 15, 1993 Publishing house: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Age index: Ages 4-8 Sale Popularity Level: 134670 Studio: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
A little boy has a series of adventures and misadventures with a bunch of wild animals.
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Rated by buyers - expect the unexpected!
This book was great fun to read to my son around age 4, now even better at age 5 (since he says he knows EVERYTHING) so with the little boy going from something that seems like a good situation quickly turning into a bad one and vice versa, it was entertaining and let my son know it's OK and fun if you don't know exactly what's going to happen next.
I think this is a good book for a parent/child library since we all know children love the security they feel in their routines, but this book makes it OK and funny and silly to not know what is going to happen. If you have a child that insists they know everything, this might help them get over having to know everything.
I kinda like to read it in an over-the-top way and act surprised when good turns to bad/bad turns to good.
Rated by buyers - Great preschool fun
I very first heard this read by the teacher at preschool and the kids and I were anxiously waiting for each page turn. Fun illustrations and concepts.
Rated by buyers - Very imaginative
I have this book with a tape. I got the set from the children's scholastic magazine. I don't know if my kids would have enjoyed this book as much with out the tape. The tape has great background sounds. The Illustrations are very well done. And The idea of something seeming like it would be good, but then turning out bad and The other way around is very easy to understand in this book. A young boy gets lost from his parents and ends up in and out of danger until he makes his way back to his mom and dad. I would recommend this book for 4 to 6 year olds. The book does show the boy being chased by some angry scarry animals, I know this would be too scarry for my sensitive 2 1/2 year old, but my daughter loved this book when she was around 4 years old.
Rated by buyers - A little boy tumbles through adventure after adventure
What if a balloon was so big it carried you away? That's what happens to the poor little boy in this story when his parents buy him a balloon at the zoo. What follows is a wonderfully imaginative and beautifully illustrated adventure packed full of wild animals and hair-raising situations.
My daughter loved this and has asked us to read it to her many times. It's delightful for parents, too, which is always a plus for the story-reader!
Rated by buyers - ..with fangs....yikes!
Oh how I love this book! Open it up and right away the illustrations capture your curiousity, they make this book what it is...........fun! Children will laugh, hisssss and growl right along with the story as the little boy lifts off high in the air dangling from a big blue balloon. His adventures with the zoo animals are exciting and somewhat suspenseful as he meets face to face with a long, slithering snake (with fangs..oh my!). This is great storytelling for groups of children who will eventually recite the main dialogue "that's good. No, that's bad" before you can even get the words out. After reading it add some dramatic play by acting out the zoo animals and then get to the art supplies and draw your own adventure! Have fun!
- expect the unexpected!
- Very imaginative