BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM
illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith
2008-2009 Georgia Picture Story Book Nominee!
2006-07 South Carolina Picture Book Award Winner!
2005 Missouri Building Blocks Award Winner!
2006 Great Lakes Great Books Award Winner!
2006 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee!
Bubble gum, bubble gum!
Ooey-gooey bubble gum!
Icky sticky bubble gum
melting in the road...along comes a toad--
followed by an assortment of other animals who all become stuck. How will they get out of this sticky situation?
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Art made by a
student at Hampton Elementary, Rochester, MI
Reviews:
*Starred Review* 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
"A fast-paced, rhyming story with vibrant, bouncing illustrations." © School Library Journal
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