Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express [Paperback]

Megan McDonald (Author)

Book Description

Series: Stink | Publication Date: July 7, 2008

FUR-eaky! Stink and his friends are off on a hairy new mission: finding homes for 101 rescued guinea pigs aboard the Squeals on Wheels Express.When three guinea pigs from the local pet shop make a great escape, Stink and his friends, Webster and Sophie, fly into action. Ta da! The Fantastic Three round up the loose furballs and bring them safely back to Mrs Birdwistle's shop, where they discover guinea pig pandemonium! But the rescuing is far from over, so Stink and company hit the road in a crazy quest to find good homes for 101 squealing, whistling, chirping, wiggly pigglies. Let the Great Guinea Pig Giveaway begin!

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

When Stink, Sophie, and Webster discover that pet-shop owner Mrs. Birdwhistle has rescued 101 guinea pigs from a perfume-testing lab, they offer to help her find good homes for the critters. After persuasion, salesmanship, and even a road trip, the friends accomplish their mission This beginning chapter book carries on the series’ tradition with a high-interest topic, a fast-moving story, a reader-friendly format, and pleasing illustrations (some not seen). From the cheerful illustration on the cover to the final turn of events, which takes Stink by surprise, this will appeal to small-animal lovers looking for short chapter books. Grades 2-4. --Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

Shake!
Rattle!
Squeal!

Stink could hardly see as he carried a Leaning Tower of Cereal Boxes up to Webster's front door. "Ding-dong," he called out.

"Whoa!" said Webster. "C'mon in. Sophie's here, too. This is going to be the most fun ever."

"How many cereal boxes did you collect?" Sophie asked.

"Umpteen," said Stink.

"All I brought was Cheerful O's," said Sophie of the Elves. "My dad says they're heart healthy."

"Carrying all these boxes is notheart healthy," said the out-of-breath Stink. "Why couldn't we just use sugar cubes?"

"Stink, we're building the Great Wall of China! Do you know how long it would take to build a wall out of teeny-tiny cubes?"

"Well, it took hundreds of years in real life," said Stink.

"Ours is only going to take one day," said Webster.

Just then, Stink's giant stack of cereal boxes crashed to the ground.
"Somebody sure likes Mood Flakes!" said Webster.

"My sister, Judy," said Stink. "They change color when you pour milk on them."

"Weird!" said Webster.

"Interesting," said Sophie.

Stink pulled two shiny silver-gray rolls of tape out of his back pockets. "I brought super-sticky duck tape!"

"In our family, we call it goose tape," said Sophie.

Stink and Webster cracked up. The three friends lined up the cereal boxes in the backyard and goose-taped them together. "The Great Wall of Goose Tape!" said Stink. "Did you guys know that you can see the Great Wall from outer space?" He wondered if any aliens or martians would be able to see the Great Wall of Cereal Boxes when it was done.

"The real Great Wall is more than two thousand miles long," said
Webster.
"We have about a thousand miles to go," said Sophie.

Webster stood up. His arm was stuck to Sophie. Sophie's shoe was stuck to Stink. Stink's shirt was stuck to Webster's sleeve.

"Oh, no!" said Sophie. "We're stuck to each other."

"Don't worry," said Stink. "Friends should stick together."

When they finally got unstuck, Stink looked at the Great Wall. He
could not believe his eyes. The Great Wall was moving. The Great Wall was shaking. The Great Wall was quaking.

"Look!" he said, pointing.

"Why is it moving?" asked Webster.

"Maybe it's the wind," said Sophie.

"Does the wind go wee, wee, wee,wee, wee?" asked Stink.

All three of them heard the squeaking sound now. Wee, wee, wee,
wee, wee. "There it is again!" said Stink.

"Something's inside the Great Wall!"

"Sounds like a baby bird," said Sophie.

"Or a creepy rat," said Webster.

Stink and his friends crawled on hands and knees through the grass. Stink peered into an empty box of Mood Flakes at one end. A furry hair ball with dark brown eyes, a wet pink nose, and twitchy whiskers peered back at him. "All I found is . . . a guinea pig!" said Stink.

"I found one, too!" said Sophie.

"I found one, three!" said Webster. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks (July 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406313416
• ISBN-13: 978-1406313413
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,102,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner!!!!!!!!!, April 7, 2008

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megartso "megartso" (Ft. Wright, KY United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express (Book #4) (Hardcover)

My 8 year old daughter devours the Judy Moody and Stink books. Megan MacDonald cannot write them fast enough. These are excellent readers for those who are reading independently but may be hindered by smaller typeface. The books read quickly ( good for kids bad for moms who have to wait for the next book to come out). My daughter also thinks the books are hysterical. I always catch her laughing out loud in her room. Mrs. MacDonald has captured the attention of the younger reader with exciting and humorous text that kids can identify with while maintaining the the innocence of this age group! Two thumbs up! Highly reccomended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the book you can't stop reading by Peter H. Reynold, October 5, 2011

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L. Boyles (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stink and The Great Guinea Pig Express (Kindle Edition)

This wonderful traffic book is about a boy named Stink and his nice friends they were wondering what they should do and bam an idea pop up in stink's head Stink's idea was so unordinary he wanted to build the Great Wall of China they were going to make it out of cereal boxes. When he told his friends, one of them was so excited to do it. So it took them about 4 hour's to do it. When they were done the heard a very unusual sound it was coming from in the inside the great wall of China.
` All of a sudden stink and his friends heard a squeak they didn't know what it was or where it was coming from. They heard it again squeak squeak. They took the four hour Great Wall of China apart. In one of the cereal were three guinea pigs. One was very hairy one had black dots on it and one them was brown and has light brown spots. They were so cute they wanted to keep them, but their parents would not let them keep it.
They did the right thing for the guinea pigs. They sent them to the pet shop, but when they got there everything was lose the birds, hamsters, mice, and guinea pigs. We asked the owner what's going on she said" the cages aren't too good and all of them opened". All of us helped her get all of the pets in the cages. The owner did a pet count she said the guinea pig that we found were the guinea pig that escaped. There were 101 guinea pigs and that she can't find a good home for any of them.
We said that we will help you sell each and every one of them. So what we did is get the owners RV. What we did is decorate the RV and put pictures of hamster on all side and rainbows and smiley faces. It looked so peaceful and on it was the name Squeals on Wheels. What we would do is get the hamster cages one would be girls one would boys and one is cage would be for the ones that they can't tell if it a girl or a boy. See if they get each and every one of them a good home.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Getting grandbabies to read, April 7, 2008

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N. Lambert "Trixie Delight" (Oakwood,, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express (Book #4) (Hardcover)

These books are marvelous for getting your grandbabies to read ...I pretend I don't have a clue about STINK and they also EXPLAIN to their less than with it Grandma WHAT the book is about ...I'm a firm believer in READING and these help me create an atmosphere of pleasure while reading for my girls.