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32 pp.
| Scholastic/Orchard
| March, 2005
|
TradeISBN 0-439-59080-9$14.95
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PS
Illustrated by
James Warhola.
Enlisting the structure of "The Wheels on the Bus," the text tells us that the racecar's wheels go "round and round," its engine goes "vroom-vroom-vroom," etc., until finally the checkered flag goes "swish-swish-swish." Although the text (like the song) can be numbingly repetitious, the illustrations, featuring dogs, hippos, and penguins battling it out for first place, are engaging.
32 pp.
| Putnam
| March, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-399-23415-2$$14.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
James Warhola.
"The bear came over to my house / To eat what he could eat. / And what do you think the bear ate? / A treat." In this playful take-off on the folksong, a bear comes over to a young girl's house and brings a swing, wakes a snake, and so on. The rhyming text makes good use of page turns, and the humorous illustrations show a rotund and accident-prone, but good-natured, bear.
32 pp.
| Scholastic
| September, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-590-09857-8$$15.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
James Warhola.
A lighthearted look at ratio and proportion as it applies to the animal world reveals that a kid with the strength of an ant could lift a car over her head, and a kid who could eat like a shrew could pack away seven hundred plus hamburgers each day. Playful illustrations show what such feats might look like, while an afterword explains the nitty-gritty of the math.
32 pp.
| Putnam
| October, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-399-23021-1$$15.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
James Warhola.
This Cinderella take-off occurs in the world of the "slow-witted" Bigfoots, where matted fur and a fishy smell are signs of beauty, and a grizzly bear serves as "beary godfather." Readers will likely appreciate the topsy-turvy humor and the cave-man-like dialogue ("Me wish go fun-fest. Me wish dunk prince"). Warhola's illustrations make full use of the story's silly possibilities.