Mud Puddle

by Robert Munsch, Dusan Petricic (Illustrator)

Overview

When Jule Ann goes outside in her brand-new clothes, a mud puddle jumps on her and gets her completely dirty. The mud gets in her ears, eyes, and even her mouth. Jule Ann’s mother scrubs her clean and puts her in new clothes, but every time Jule Ann ventures out, the mud puddle finds her and pounces. Finally, Jule Ann has had enough: clutching two bars of smelly yellow soap, she heads outside one more time…

A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this charming tale of unavoidable mess to a new generation of young readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781773211107
Publisher:	Annick Press, Limited
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Series:	Classic Munsch
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	397,771
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	510L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Robert Munsch, author of such classics as The Paper Bag Princess and Thomas’ Snowsuit, is one of North America’s bestselling authors of children’s books.

Dušan Petričić’s brilliant illustrations have appeared around the world. His latest book, The Dance of the Violin, comes on the heels of the award-winning The Man With the Violin, two stories about world-famous violinist, Joshua Bell. Dušan lives in Zemun, Serbia.

Editorial Reviews

As always, a delightful Robert Munsch story.

Resource Links - Katherine Watmough

Whether you are a long-time fan of the incredible Robert Munsch or not, you will surely enjoy this clever tale.

Provo Library Children's Book Review

This edition marks the third set of illustrations published with the text of Robert Munsch's story Mud Puddle (the previous editions are from 1979 and 1995)... The illustrations in this new edition are modern and clear... sure to be popular with fans of Robert Munsch.

ABQLA -L'Association des bibliothecaires du Quebec

The master of the manic patterned tale offers a newly buffed version of his first published book, with appropriately gloppy new illustrations. Like the previous four iterations (orig. 1979; revised 2004, 2006, 2009), the plot remains intact through minor changes in wording: Each time young Jule Ann ventures outside in clean clothes, a nefarious mud puddle leaps out of a tree or off the roof to get her "completely all over muddy" and necessitate a vigorous parental scrubbing. Petricic gives the amorphous mud monster a particularly tarry look and texture in his scribbly, high-energy cartoon scenes. It's a formidable opponent, but the two bars of smelly soap that the resourceful child at last chucks at her attacker splatter it over the page and send it sputtering into permanent retreat. Score one for cleanliness. Like (almost) all Munsch, funny as it stands but even better read aloud, with lots of exaggerated sound effects. (Picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews