Snakes! - Hardcover

Greenberg, David T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316320765 ISBN 13: 9780316320764

Verlag: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2004

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eviled by most, loved by some, and feared by all, snakes are an eternally fascinating subject to all kids. David Greenberg's frightfully funny verse will have readers shivering and laughing out loud! From an anaconda driving a car to peanut butter and jelly snakes, readers will see these slimy serpents revealed in a whole new light. Fans of David Greenberg's previous books and snake lovers of all ages will delight in this latest celebration of creepy creatures.

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David T. Greenberg, christened "our emerging poet of Gross" by the New York Times, travels the country giving poetry readings and conducting language arts workshops for teachers and children.

Lynn Munsinger is the illustrator of many popular books for children, including One Hungry Monster and Ogden Nash's The Tale of Custard the Dragon and Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight.

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PreS-Gr. 1. "Tangled like spaghetti / Slithery and sweaty." The author and the illustrator of Bugs! (1997) and Skunks! (2001) present another hilarious book with a slapstick rhyme, this one about snakes taking over a small boy's world. The creepy creatures start off as a heap under his bed; then they slink down the stairs, shimmy up the walls, hide, and jump out of books and cabinets. Words and pictures wallow in the shudders. Maybe snakes do have some uses: as garden hoses, for cleaning ears, as nifty stethoscopes. But just as the boy is getting used to the invaders, he opens up the shutter to find a huge glaring eye, and then a great, terrifying boa squishes him in its coils. Is that final close-up a capture or an embrace? Munsinger's ink-and-watercolor images extend the silliness. They are packed with nonsense detail and yet clear and accessible for preschoolers, who will recognize the creepy delight of slimy monsters hissing in their ears. Hazel Rochman
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Grade 1-3-Fans of Slugs! (1983), Bugs! (1997), and Skunks! (2001, all Little, Brown) will welcome this latest addition to Greenberg's gross-out canon. A boy and his terrier have no problem with wrestling squids or battling sharks, but they balk at snakes. Naturally, they are beset by every possible variety, at every possible turn. There are snakes heaped under the bed and on the stairs, and, "With a herculean grasp,/A multicolored asp/Nonchalantly shimmies up a wall." The poetry flows easily and is filled with inventive alliteration and quirky humor: "A speckled anaconda/Steals the family Honda/And races down the driveway in reverse." There is some challenging vocabulary ("pyroclastic," "phosphoresce"), but children will likely be more than willing to make the stretch. Munsinger's watercolor illustrations strike the right balance between cute and creepy as boy and dog try to evade the slithery serpents. Not an essential purchase, but fun, particularly if the other titles are popular.
Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Little, Brown Young Readers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0316320765
• ISBN 13: 9780316320764
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Munsinger Lynn
• Anzahl der Seiten: 32
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