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Harry and the Hot Lava (Xist Children's Books) by [Chris Robertson]

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Harry and the Hot Lava (Xist Children's Books) Kindle Edition

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Harry is a little boy with a big imagination. One day, a simple game of "don't step on the hot lava" turns into an adventure he'll never forget!

This children's picture book features the iconic art of Chris Robertson and has fun simple text perfect for beginning readers and storytime.

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3 - 8 years, from customers
Print length

36 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 5
Lexile measure

360L
Publisher

Xist Publishing
Publication date

July 15, 2014
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978-1623955755
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IOSM3AA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Xist Publishing (July 15, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 15, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6038 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #470,056 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #242 in Children's Activity Books (Kindle Store)
- #475 in Children's Imagination & Play Fiction
- #1,233 in Children's Beginner Readers Books

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Ruining giraffes. Escaping hot lava. Dancing alligators. Whisper tickles and whisker tickles. Yellow umbrellas. The Statue of Liberty as a toddler. These are just a few of the fun and engaging topics tackled by Chris Robertson in the wide array of his children's picture books.

With an extensive career in both animation and children's literature, Chris uses his strengths as a story artist to his benefit when he's writing and illustrating picture books. He has been published by Simon & Schuster, Random House, Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Bloomsbury, Sterling, and Xist Publishing.

Chris's whimsical cartoon style feels light-hearted and carefree which seems to perfectly match his humorous writing style. He lives in Pasadena with his wife and three boys.

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Jessica M

Harry & the Hot Lava

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 24, 2023

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Such a great book!! So imaginative my kids enjoyed it.
I especially loved the end 😉
Thank you very much!

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This book rocks! Unfortunately, they're molten!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 22, 2014

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This is the complete review as it appears <a href="http://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2014/11/harry-and-hot-lava-by-chris-robertson.html">at my blog dedicated to reading, writing (no 'rithmatic!), movies, & TV</a>. Blog reviews often contain links which are not reproduced here, nor will updates or modifications to the blog review be replicated here. Graphic and children's reviews on the blog typically feature two or three images from the book's interior, which are not reproduced here.

Note that I don't really do stars. To me a book is either worth reading or it isn't. I can't rate it three-fifths worth reading! The only reason I've relented and started putting stars up there is to credit the good ones, which were being unfairly uncredited. So, all you'll ever see from me is a five-star or a one-star (since no stars isn't a rating, unfortunately).

I rated this book WORTHY!

This is a very short children's picture book, so there isn’t a lot to review. It’s about a kid with a delightfully wild imagination (he reminds me of my own kids whose imaginations, thankfully, have never deserted them even though they're now way too old for a book like this), who appears to be stranded amidst hot lava which is invading his home from all quarters. Can he leap to freedom? Where will he land? (You might be surprised!)

The drawings are rudimentary but very colorful, and really evocative. The book is as full of excitement and danger as Harry is full of ideas and wild descriptions, but he never panics, and is always planning his escape. This is definitely something your kids will want to play - perhaps after exploring what real lava looks like - not in person of course - but from the safety of a TV documentary or something on the web.

Who knows, perhaps you have a budding vulcanologist in your family? I recommend this book for a fun read alone, but it’s also a great starting point for a chance to stir your child's imagination about the wonders of planet Earth and it's geology and inner structure.

Of course, you don't want to load them up with learning, learning, learning and nothing else, so it occurs to me that a whole day could be themed around this as they're encouraged to explore the idea, starting with the book, then a video, then perhaps go looking for rocks in the yard or at the park (assuming your park isn't buried under snow at this point!), and imagine how hot things would have to be to melt an actual rock! You can have them practice their motor skills emulating Harry's escapes (with due safety precautions, of course!), have them develop confidence and cool-thinking skills, and also have them appreciate a little more the wonderful and complex planet on which we're all privileged to live.

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D. Mock

Great Christmas Present.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 15, 2022

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I bought this for one of my grandchildren for a Christmas present. I know he will like it because he is just like Harry. Great buy.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2015

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One of my favorite rainy day kid activities was navigating around the living room without once touching floor which was, of course, aboil with molten lava. This game, also known as Why-My-Parents-Couldn't-Have-Nice-Things (Seriously, how was I to know to stupid coffee table wouldn't support my weight? They never used it for coffee anyway!), was and is played universally, I suspect. It seemed to be a prominent part of my kids' playtime. The youngest still enjoys dunking elf-shaped cookies head first into "lava" that looks suspiciously like a glass of milk. (Their little elfish screams are pitiful, I tell you...)

Robertson is obviously familiar with the inner workings of his inner child and manages to capture this frenetic activity beautifully on the page. It's impossible not to get caught up in all the excitement generated by Harry's wonderful imagination.

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I still might be able to make the leap from the couch to the love seat...

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Clare Perttula

Adorable and a hit in my preschool classroom!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 5, 2021

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My preschool students love the song "the floor is lava" so I bought this book to create a lesson with the song, the book and a talk about volcanos (complete with a baking soda and vinegar volcano!) and my kiddos LOVED IT. they loved the book and it is super cute.

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Barbara Mojica

BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU STEP!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2014

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Clever plot based on the child's game, "Don't step on the lava." Harry discovers something very strange happening in his house. Hot lava is oozing everywhere, and he must dodge and leap to avoid it. Harry moves from room to room in a frantic effort to escape. Chris Robertson uses his distinctive style of illustration with just the right choice of color and movement to convey the meaning of the text. Perfect for children ages three and up, the text is colloquial using alliteration combined with many sound-effect words. Robertson even makes a surprise appearance at the end of this book dedicated to his son.

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Jesus!3!

Harry and the Hot Lava-Was quite an exciting adventure story ,yes?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2014

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I have chosen to give this great short story for kids a five stars rating! Because it sure showed a lot of imagination and I
bet it should be quite a different ebook from some ebooks! I recommend this ebook for kids with have a lot of imagination
or even perhaps those who do not have it but the parents,etc, think this kid should be encouraged to have some,yes ?
I received this ebook for free from a free website emailing! Great job Chris! By Angela

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Dorothy Adkins

Short but seems to be a hit

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2018

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My 4 year old nephew seemed to enjoy this book. It is very short and I feel like it could have a BIT more substance, but it is a cute book for little ones. The illustrations are cute, too.

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Wendy Unsworth

Great Fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 8, 2016

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A colourful and striking picture book. Harry imagines hot lava is on the loose, running through his house.

Reading this book reminded me of when children have a what we used to call in our house a 'mad half-hour', running,chasing, screeching and laughing, the type of behaviour that makes parents quickly say 'okay now, lets just sit quietly and look at some books.'

The illustrations in Harry and the Hot Lava are cute, colourful, dynamic and very well drawn. However the story is minimal, not really a story at all. I somehow think that once the impact of first seeing it was over it's not a book that could be read over again very much.

Great fun, though. 3.5 stars

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K. J. Kelly

I like this more than my son does

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 11, 2014

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I've tried this with my son a couple of times. He's probably a little young to understand fully that it's all about a boy pretending there is lava in the house, but he doesn't really react to it as I would expect.

It's a nice idea, but possibly most effective for the parent and children who came up with the idea and wrote it, as an inside joke almost.

The language isn't the easiest to read as a parent at bedtime. It doesn't flow (pardon the pun) easily. I did like the ending, but again, my son (almost four) didn't really get it and needed it explaining.

We both did like the colours and illustrations however, nice representation of the lava. I would like him to enjoy this, as he is starting to play with imagination more, but it just hasn't worked for us yet.

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Missy Mayhem

Funny!:)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 23, 2017

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The child who I read this to loved this book and asked 'are there any more books like this?' Great book for young children.

Diane

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 16, 2015

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My Grandaughter really enjoyed reading this.

David Kemp

Awesome fun!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 31, 2015

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Don't touch the floor guys! ...A great story with a fun ending. All illustrated in a fab 1960s style. We loved it!

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