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Max & Ruby's preschool pranks
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- ISBN: 9780670784622
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Physical Description:
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, 30 cm - Publisher: New York, New York : Viking Books for Young Readers, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
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| Subject: | Lift-the-flap books -- Specimens Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction Play -- Juvenile fiction Practical jokes -- Juvenile fiction Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre: | Toy and movable books. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Sechelt Public Library | E WELL (Text) | 33260000468265 | Picture Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2017 Spring
Ruby and Louise are playing school, but their mischievous students Lily and gorilla suitwearing Max aren't following the rules and lessons (shown in mini lift-the-flap books). The two pranksters eventually test Lily's Volcano Kit, and the otherwise pitch-perfect story ends rather abruptly post-explosion. Via varied layouts and perspectives, Wells's pastel-colored ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations expertly capture the lively (and consequence-free) day. Copyright 2017 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2016 June #2
Even when most of the "students" are plush, playroom preschool isn't always going to be an orderly environment.After firmly divesting Max of his gorilla suit and setting brown rabbit Lily's volcano kit on a high shelf, "Miss Ruby" and "Miss Louise" (Ruby's friend and Lily's older sister) gamely string up numbers, review basic shapes, and establish rules. The tykes will have none of it: Max spots the hidden gorilla suit, and as soon as floppy Can't-Sit-Up Slug needs to be carried off to the nurse, down comes the volcano kit. Off to the kitchen Lily and Max hustle, to add ingredients ("Paprika!" "Ketchup, sprinkles, and marmalade!") to the baking soda-and-vinegar recipe. "Boom!" says Max admiringly, as the volcano does its thing. The "teachers' " rules, along with diverse classroom activities and the kit's recipe, are hidden beneath flaps that resemble little workbooks. The toddler-shaped lagomorphs in the illustrations are as winning as ever, and along with photographed jars o f rice, grains, sprinkles, and alphabet-soup letters inserted into the kitchen scene, Wells concocts a gloriously messy climactic eruption. The science project adds an unusual wrinkle to this primer for incoming nursery schoolers. (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright Kirkus 2016 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2016 June #3
Ruby and best friend Louise head up Miss Ruby and Miss Louise's Home Preschool, but it's tough keeping their students in line. Max won't get out of his gorilla costume, Lily brings a volcano kit to school, and Can't-Sit-Up-Slug (one of several toys in attendance) falls out of his cot during naptime and must be escorted to the nurse on a stretcher (which he nearly falls out of, too). School rules and lessons on shapes, letters, and numbers appear beneath flaps made to look like composition notebooks. They're somewhat superfluous, but the rest of the story is so much funâincluding a "perfectly" exploding volcano that includes paprika, ketchup, and sprinkles, along with the traditional baking soda and vinegarâthat it doesn't even matter. Ages 3â5. Agent: Brenda Bowen, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (July)
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