Oh Say, I Can't See #15 (Time Warp Trio) [Hardcover]

Jon Scieszka (Author), Adam McCauley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Time Warp Trio

In the middle of Christmas night, 1776—in a surprise attack—General George Washington bravely led his American Colonial troops across the Delaware River to New Jersey. There, the Americans victoriously battled the hated British. Everyone knows that. But what is little known is that the Time Warp Trio was on board that fateful boat ride. It’s true. They were brought there by The Book, and only author Jon Scieszka knows why. . . .

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5–More historical mayhem with the Time Warp Trio. Great-granddaughter Samantha drops in from the future, requesting the boys' help. Her robot cat has vanished into the past, along with her school report on George Washington and the gang's time-hopping book. The three warp back to Christmas, 1776, where a very harried Washington is trying to decide whether to cross the Delaware. His officers are all for staying on their own side of the river and predict disaster in battle against the professional Hessian troops. Meanwhile, the freezing, demoralized Continental soldiers are looking for scapegoats. The time travelers must save American history, find Samantha's missing pet, and avoid getting hung as spies. All the series hallmarks are here–short text; snappy, irreverent dialogue; and slyly twisted history. A must for Trio fans–old and new.–Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. What could be worse than being time-warped away from home on the day before Christmas? Landing in George Washington's camp on the night before the crossing of the Delaware! In fact, according to Scieszka's improbable history, the Delaware would never have been crossed if Washington hadn't been nudged into action by Fred, Sam, and Joe, the hapless young time travelers known as the Time Warp Trio. But once events are set in motion, they stay in motion, with Washington's men intent on their mission, and Sam intent on finding his cat, which wandered off into the late eighteenth century. With witty dialogue keeping the pace moving along at a good clip, this will entertain readers who like their chapter books short, illustrated, and, if at all possible, funny. Carolyn Phelan
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (November 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670060259
• ISBN-13: 978-0670060252
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,870,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jon Scieszka was born in Flint, Michigan on September 8th, 1954. He grew up with five brothers, has the same birthday as Peter Sellers and the Virgin Mary, and a sneaking suspicion that the characters in his Dick and Jane reader were not of this world. Those plain facts, plus his elementary school principal dad, Louis, his registered nurse mom, Shirley (who once took Jon's Cub Scout den on a field trip to the prenatal ward), Mad Magazine, four years of pre-med undergrad, "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University, Robert Benchley, five years of painting apartments in New York City, his lovely wife Jeri Hansen who introduced him to Molly Leach and Lane Smith, Green Eggs and Ham, his teenage daughter Casey and almost teenage son Jake, ten years of teaching a little bit of everything from first grade to eighth grade, and the last twenty years of living in Brooklyn...are just some of Jon's answers to the questions, "Where do you get your ideas?" and/or "How did you become a writer?" I don't know, just because, none of your beeswax, and flapdoodle poppycock and balderdash are some more of Jon's answers to questions you can imagine on your own. Jon met up with Lane Smith around 1986 or so, and nothing has been the same since. Their first book, the wiseguy fairy tale retelling, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! was initially rejected by most publishers as "too weird" and "too sophisticated". Published by Viking in 1989, The True Story has now sold over a million copies, been translated into ten languages, and been called a "classic picture book for all ages". Jon and Lane's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (1992) took the world of the picture book a few steps further. Goofing with the conventions of fairy tales and even being a book, The Stinky Cheese Man became a household word, sold another mess of copies in multiple languages, offended a few purists, and still managed to win a Caldecott Honor medal. Math Curse (1995) further stretched the notion of what subjects make good picture books, selling more books faster than either 3 Little Pigs or Stinky Cheese, and winning a whole slew of awards --all for a book full of mathematics.More recently, Jon and Lane have resurrected fables (in the smart, funny, and a little bit wicked way Aesop would have wanted them) in their latest collaboration, Squids Will Be Squids (1998). No telling where they might take the picture book next. Someone once wrote, "Jon Scieszka has forever changed the face of children's literature." And while there is still some confusion over exactly who that someone was, and whether children's literature does, in fact, have a face, most would agree-from The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! to Squids Will Be Squids, since Scieszka put pen to paper, children's literature sure has been...different.

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4.0 out of 5 stars books for imaginative minds, January 20, 2008

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This review is from: Oh Say, I Can't See #15 (Time Warp Trio) (Paperback)

I am a long-time fan of any children's book by Jon Scieszka. This was purchased for a grandson who appears to thoroughly enjoy the books in this series that he has so far received.

4.0 out of 5 stars Time Warped again, January 9, 2007

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This review is from: Oh Say, I Can't See #15 (Time Warp Trio) (Hardcover)

This is another volume in the fun Time Warp Trio series. The humor is appropriate to the audience, that of pre-adolescent boys. Any books which encourage boys to read and to enjoy reading are worth the investment! History becomes more intriguing through the adventures of these pals who travel to a different time in each book. My nephews have been reading and collecting this series since the first volume, and even though they are now older still enjoy the stories.