Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum

by Lisa Wheeler, Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator)

Overview

After a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road, they must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948959094
Publisher:	Purple House Press
Publication date:	10/18/2019
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,063,030
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lisa Wheeler is the author of Wool Gathering: A Sheep Family Reunion and Porcupining.

Laura Huliska-Beith is a former Hallmark artist and the author of The Book of Bad Ideas and the illustrator of Ten Little Ladybugs and The Looking Book.

Table of Contents

Along comes a toad, a shrew, a goose, and more wacky animals who get stuck in the gooey-ooey mess. How will they escape when a big blue truck comes straight toward them? Written in lively, lyrical rhyme and accompanies by hilarious, colorful illustrations, Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum is an irresistible picture book perfect for reading aloud.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-K-A fast-paced, rhyming story with vibrant, bouncing illustrations. A toad begins the tale about a gob of bubble gum found on the road. Before long, the little creature gets stuck, is joined by a shrew, a goose, a bee, and a crow. A truck is zooming down the road so the only way out of this sticky predicament is to chew, chew, chew. That is just what the animals do until a bear comes by and more trouble seems imminent. Fortunately, it gets stuck, a hen comes along, and the adventure begins anew. Enjoyable and energetic, this repetitive tale is just the kind of wacky fun that young children love.-Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Maximum rhythm and maximum rhyme spin this story of sticky peril for an eclectic group of animals forced to learn the value of teamwork. "Bubble gum, / bubble gum, / Chewy-gooey bubble gum, / Icky-sticky bubble gum / Melting in the road. / Along comes a toad . . . /A fine, fat toad, / A fine, fat, wild / -SPLAT!- / wart-backed toad." The gummy toad is joined in the pink slurry mess by a rude shrew, a wide white goose, an old crow, and a bumblebee. An on-coming truck then threatens the fighting fivesome! What do they do? They chew and chew! And their joint bubble floats them to safety. Wheeler has written another silly winner that toddlers will beg for again and again at storytime. Huliska-Beith's illustrations in acrylic, cloth, and paper are bright and wacky in this sweet collaboration. (Picture book. 2-6)

Kirkus Reviews