Beezy and Funnybone [Turtleback]

Megan McDonald (Author), Nancy Poydar (Illustrator)

Book Description

Presents three stories in which Beezy and her dog have adventures on the ground and in the air.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Beezy is back for another set of adventures, this time with her canine companion. As this easy chapter book opens, Funnybone is learning how to fetch. Unfortunately, he carries this new game a bit too far. In the next lighthearted escapade, Beezy and her classmates unsuccessfully search for the meaning of the word "spat"; even a trip to the library proves fruitless. Not until Funnybone digs up the garden and they notice a slug on the flowers, do they learn from Gran that a "spat" is a baby snail. In the last chapter, the pup takes an unexpected trip in a hot-air balloon when he accompanies Beezy to her friend's birthday party. The simple sentence structure will encourage children to practice their new skills. The gouache illustrations match the warm and friendly tone of the stories and provide visual clues.
Maura Bresnahan, Shawsheen School, Andover, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

This volume, the fourth in the Beezy series, features three stories about a little girl and her dog, Funnybone. In the first, Funnybone is slow to learn to fetch, but once he grasps the concept, he fetches more than his owner ever wanted. In the second, he digs up some flowers, leading Beezy to an interesting discovery about the word spat. In the third, Beezy and her friends jump out of a hot-air balloon gondola just before it rises into the air, taking Funnybone on his first flight. Well designed for young readers, these mildly amusing tales are enhanced by Poydar's appealing gouache paintings of Beezy, her dog, and her friends. Carolyn Phelan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606194819
• ISBN-13: 978-0606194815
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces

More About the Author

10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

10. The first book I ever wrote was about a hermit crab, inspired by a pet I once owned.

9. My favorite color is purple.

8. I love to read mysteries. When I was Judy's age, I read all 56 classic Nancy Drew books . . . in order! Jeepers!

7. I used to collect scabs so I could examine them under the microscope that I got for my 8th birthday.

6. My four sisters and I often made up our own language, which included the words "Hoidi Boidi", "oogey", "retzel crummypuss" and "poony-poony".

5. My favorite TV show is JEOPARDY!

4. To research my Sisters Club book, THE RULE OF THREE, I toured San Francisco in search of the ultimate cupcake. The winner: Sleepless in San Francisco. Think chocolate + coffee.

3. When I was a kid, I fell down a hill from chasing the ice-cream truck and had to get stitches.

2. When I was a librarian, I used to tell stories in sign language. That's how I got the expression "same-same" for Judy.

1. I share a birthday (February 28) with a famous princess, race car driver and gangster, a Rolling Stone, a French tightrope walker, and a winning racehorse named Smarty Jones.