CATALINA MAGDALENA HOOPENSTEINER WALLENDINER HOGAN LOGAN BOGAN WAS HER NAME

Name: CATALINA MAGDALENA HOOPENSTEINER WALLENDINER HOGAN LOGAN BOGAN WAS HER NAME
Author: Tedd Arnold
ISBN: 0-590-10994-4

adapted by Tedd Arnold & illustrated by Tedd Arnold ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2004

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Arnold’s cartoon figures seem to explode across the pages with even more pop-eyed frenzy than usual in this rendition of the traditional camp song. Having done “very informal research,” he gives himself license to add some original lyrics, sending young Catalina, et al., dancing from basinet—“She had two holes in the bottom of her nose—One for her fingers . . . and one for her toes”—to wedding limo, with doting parents, friends, relatives, and a bemused beau swirling in her wake. He closes with a swatch of music, plus a list of variant monikers for the eponymous lass he’s encountered along the way. Like the recent remake of Alan Sherman’s Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, illustrated by Jack E. Davis (p. 401), impossible to read without bursting into song—and maybe adding a few improvised lines. (Picture book. 6-8)

Pub Date: July 1, 2004

ISBN: 0-590-10994-4

Page Count: 40

Publisher: Cartwheel/Scholastic

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 2004

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NOODLEHEADS TAKE IT EASY
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FLY GUY & FLY GIRL
by Tedd Arnold ; illustrated by Tedd Arnold

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NOODLEHEADS DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
by Tedd Arnold & Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss ; illustrated by Tedd Arnold

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I'LL TAKE YOU TO MRS COLE!

by Nigel Gray & illustrated by Michael Foreman ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1992

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Whenever a young black boy makes a mess, his mother threatens to take him to Mrs. Cole's ramshackle house. One day, disinclined to do his chores, he runs away and ends up (after some trepidation) at the dreaded neighbor's—where he finds a cheery, red-cheeked matron in a Mick Jagger apron, a gaggle of friendly children, and a household nearly buried under clutter. He gets such a hearty welcome that thereafter his mother's threat has become a reward—``If you're good, you can go and play at Mrs. Cole's.'' Foreman darkens his frequently fiery colors to reflect the ominous drift of the boy's imaginings; for more fastidious readers, the reality may seem like a nightmare—and an unsanitary one, at that. This decidedly minor effort was originally published in Great Britain (and briefly available here in 1986); the language has been Americanized for those who can't figure out what a ``telly'' or a ``pram'' is. (Picture book. 6-8)

Pub Date: March 1, 1992

ISBN: 0-916291-39-1

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Kane Miller

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1992

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CHILDREN'S GENERAL CHILDREN'S

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RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME
by Nigel Gray & illustrated by Gregory Rogers

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SNAKE HUNT

by Jill Kastner & illustrated by Jill Kastner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, 1993

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Granddad's yarns of bear chasing and rattlesnake wrassling come back to haunt him when Grandma shoos him and Jesse out of the house, archly suggesting that they hunt up a snake for dinner. Kastner bases her tale on memories of hiking the Tennessee mountains with her grandfather; her dappled, impressionistic watercolors capture the late summer woods perfectly. Tension mounts as a huge rattler, painted in dark, menacing colors, looms in Jesse's mind's eye—until a sudden breeze rattles leaves and sends her and Grandad leaping back. Sitting on a log to collect themselves, they don't notice the snake quietly coiled at its base, but agree that it's time to head home. A deftly comic tale, with the girl and her granddad sharing their apprehension and relief. (Picture book. 6-8)