She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain [Hardcover]

Jonathan Emmett (Author), Deborah Allwright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Forget everything you know about who's comin' 'round that mountain! This pink-pajama-wearing, jelly-jar-juggling, rooftop-dancing cowgirl is sure to charm the spurs off any rancher, and tickle the funny bone of the most ornery varmint.

This classic song has brand-new verses and enough "tee-hees", "toot-toots", and "squish-splats" to keep kids singin', shoutin', and readin' again and again.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3—In this version of the traditional American folk song, the heroine is a feisty little girl in pink pajamas, "flowery and frilly,/and they make her look quite silly." Her six white horses have names like Moonbeam and Stardust. When she comes, she will be doing remarkable things like "juggling with jelly" ("Squish-Splat!"), dancing across the rooftops ("Yee-Ha!"), and painting the whole town plum so "the place won't look so glum." A turquoise sky shows off white cowboy-hat clouds, and two foldout pages open wide like green saloon doors to welcome her. The joyful children and animals playing instruments who go out to meet her are small against the landscape, which is done in a palette of Southwestern colors. These illustrations are as lively as the new verses and call for another round of singing, using the hand motions given at the end of the book. Other versions with the same title are by Philemon Sturges (Little, Brown, 2004) and Ann Owen (Picture Window, 2003). This lively addition will surely elicit smiles.—Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN
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From Booklist

Set out West, this uproarious picture book, first published in Britain, adds wild rhymes to the classic song and encourages kids to participate in joyful, silly actions. A cactus in a cowboy hat strums a guitar as a small, brave girl with long, swinging pigtails topped by a huge, green hat speeds across the plain driving six white horses. Her pink pajamas "are flowery and frilly / and they make her look quite silly" as she paints the whole town purple and juggles "jelly" (as in gelatin). A dynamic foldout pictures a crowd of kids and animals rushing out to meet her: "Here she comes!" The music for the song is on the endpapers, and a final spread presents illustrated suggestions for acting out the song--from swinging a lasso (spelled "lassoo") to waving hello. Who says you have to come from a place to write about it? Hazel Rochman
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (April 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416936521
• ISBN-13: 978-1416936527
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jonathan was born in Leicestershire in 1965, the son of a rig fitter and a primary school teacher.
In addition to writing picture books such as "Bringing Down the Moon", "Someone Bigger" and "Ruby, in Her Own Time", Jonathan also paper-engineers pop-up books. His books have won several awards including the Red House Children's Book Award for "Pigs Might Fly" and the Kiekeboekprijs for "Bringing Down the Moon".
He lives in Nottingham with his wife, Rachel, and his children, Max and Laura.
Visit his website at www.scribblestreet.co.uk

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rootin Tootin Fun, August 21, 2007

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swan7girl (OH, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain (Hardcover)

We picked this up originally on the "new books" shelf at the library. My five year daughter is drawn to anything with horses + anything sing-songy so it was a double bonus! Cute illustrations on an oversized book. The story is about a little girl coming to town w/ a new twist on the old lyrics ... "She'll be wearing pink pajamas when she comes" ... and includes hand motions for each new verse at the back of the book. (For example you read the above verse and then the child says "yee-ha" and makes a lassoing motion.) Hard to explain here but really keeps kids engaged. I think we read it three times through in one sitting so she could learn all the motions for each phrase. Returned this to the library and bought our own copy. Yee ha!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knee-slapping fun, April 6, 2008

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This review is from: She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain (Hardcover)

My 4-year-old daughter got this book first at our local library. We both loved it so much that we had to buy it for her collection. You can't just read this book, you have to sing it. It's so much fun. My daughter just laughs everytime she opens it up. The back of the book provides hand motions to all the new verses of this well known kids song. I guarantee you'll love this book. It's great!

5.0 out of 5 stars Ye haw!, April 25, 2011

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I love this version of the story! Great interactive book (hand motions listed at the end of the story).