TO BATHE A BOA

by C. Imbior Kudrna ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 21, 1986

Snakes make entertaining pets, but ""a boa has no greater wrath,/than when it doesn't want a bath!"" Tub's all ready, but where's the boa? After a careful search, he's discovered in the toy box; the ensuing battle royal lands both snake and owner in the tub, a sudsy bath for two. Brief text is written in bouncy but inexpert verse; garish colors and patterns give many of the illustrations an appropriately frantic look. The boa is more monstrous even than Steven Kellogg's (see Trinka Hakes Noble's The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, 1980), but just as cheerful; younger readers will easily see through his attempts to hide, and will also enjoy, along with him, the energetic bath-time ritual.

Pub Date: Nov. 21, 1986

ISBN: 0876144903

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Carolroda

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 15, 1986

Categories: CHILDREN'S