Otter: Oh No, Bath Time!

by Sam Garton, Sam Garton (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s bath time for Otter, the irrepressible picture book character from I Am Otter, Otter in Space, and Otter Loves Halloween! Sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama.

Otter and Teddy love to play in the garden. But when they get dirty, they have to do something they do not love at all: take a bath! Otter Keeper says bath time is fun, but Otter and Teddy are not so sure. . . .

Otter: Oh No, Bath Time! is a My First I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for shared reading with a child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062366573
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/07/2016
Series:	My First I Can Read Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	429,369
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sam Garton began writing and illustrating stories about Otter and her world on the blog I Am Otter: The Unheard Ramblings of a Modern Day Domestic Otter in 2009. He lives in London. He met a real otter once. It bit him.

You can visit Otter at www.iamotter.co.uk.

Sam Garton began writing and illustrating stories about Otter and her world on the blog I Am Otter: The Unheard Ramblings of a Modern Day Domestic Otter in 2009. He lives in London. He met a real otter once. It bit him.

You can visit Otter at www.iamotter.co.uk.

Editorial Reviews

Otter’s knack for getting into trouble will amuse younger children, while simple sentences make the book perfect practice for older kids who are learning to read.

Parents magazine

Otter’s knack for getting into trouble will amuse younger children, while simple sentences make the book perfect practice for older kids who are learning to read.” — Parents magazine

“A delightful addition to early reader shelves.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2016-03-30
Otter enjoys playing outside with Teddy but doesn't enjoy baths—at first.While the controlled text is accessible to new readers as it follows Otter's antics outside with its stuffed animal friend Teddy, characterization in this story is rather difficult to understand without prior familiarity with Garton's picture books about Otter. Otter is depicted as an anthropomorphic animal, and Teddy is a toy. But then lines between fantasy and reality become blurred when the (never fully seen) human character, referred to as "Otter Keeper," insists that muddy Otter and Teddy bathe. Bubbles, bath toys, and splashing end up making the dreaded bath fun after all. It's unclear whether Otter Keeper is an adult or a child, but it is clear that Otter Keeper is worn out when Otter asks for another bath and is refused. Rebuffed, a cleaned-up Otter brings Teddy back outside to play, and an intentional splash in a mud puddle results in the coveted second bath. The illustrations are appealing, but they are largely symmetrical with the text. This may support a new reader's decoding efforts, but they do little to add visual interest to the staid story or to clarify its characterization.Not a keeper of an early reader. (Early reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews