Snarlyhissopus [Paperback]

Alan MacDonald (Author), Louise Voce (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

It isnt long after Pelican meets a new animal that the jungle becomes a buzz. Pelican flies off and tells Monkey shes just seen a strange new animal, a spottyhippomus. As each animal runs off to tell the next animal, the descriptions of the woppabigamouse get bigger and scarier. Just like in the childs party game of Telephone. But when Elephant devises a plan to catch the strange monster that has come to the jungle the joke is on Elephant and the other animals when they see what theyve caught! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. See all Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

When Pelican meets her first hippopotamus, the colossal purple creature seems friendly enough. But as she relates the encounter to Monkey, Pelican mangles the animal's name into "Spottyhippomus." British artist Voce translates the misnomer into an image of the hippo with protruding yellow bumps all over its violet body: " `Watch out,' said Monkey [to Zebra]. `There's a huge, ugly creature heading this way... a Woppabigamouse!' " By the time the news passes through the jungle grapevine, the mammal has morphed in the animals' overheated imagination into a fearsomely orange "Snarlyhissopus" "a terrible, roaring, clawing, wild-eyed monster [who] is going to gobble us all up," in the words of the comically misled Giraffe. A misguided act of defense shows the animals just how mistaken they were. MacDonald's (Beware of the Bears) silly variations on Hippopotamus (including the surefire laugh-getter "Drippalslobbermouth") good-naturedly prove that the time-tested game of "Telephone" endures. And Voce's wide-eyed, genially goofy animal characterizations and not-too-scary monster conjectures make the most of the animals' misfires. Ages 3-7.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Alan MacDonald is a contributor for Tiger Tales titles including: 'Snarlyhissopus','Beware of the Bears','Scaredy Mouse'

Louise Voce is a contributor for the following Tiger Tales Title: Snarlyhissopus

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Tiger Tales (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589253701
• ISBN-13: 978-1589253704
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 4.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,700,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Joyful Sillyness, October 23, 2002

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Sandy Argall (Herndon, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snarlyhissopus (Paperback)

Beware, you will need to pre-read this book to yourself before reading it aloud to a child! My preschool class has chosen this book once or twice a day since I brought it in. They wait eagerly for me to read the name of each new silly animal, laughing joyfully each time they hear about the "whoppabigamouse," "gulpawobbletusk," or the "snarlyhissopus." The pictures are delightful and colorful, and not at all scary.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter loves this book, January 21, 2007

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J. McGuinnes (Hamilton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snarlyhissopus (Hardcover)

My three year old daughter loves this book. We read it once or twice every day. It is like the game telephone where the message changes as it passes person to person. The pelican sees a hippotamus and forgets what he saw and describes some sort of monster with a very silly name. Then the next animal uses another description and name and so on. All of the animals are convinced there is a big scary monster when it is only the hippo. Very cute, very silly and a great addition to your child's bookshelf.

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun with this one, October 1, 2009

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Lisa Schmidt "Military Mom" (Germany) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snarlyhissopus (Paperback)

Both my girls, 3 and 2 yrs old, love this book. They had it memorized within a couple of days and always beat me to the funny names of the animals. Very enjoyable for us all.