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In the new book Animal House by Candace Ryan,
illustrated by Nathan Hale, a boy shows his teacher that
being wild at home isn’t all just in his head. It’s the way
he really lives.
Jeremy’s teacher, Mrs. Nuddles, said that Jeremy had a very
active imagination. She said his thinking was so wild that
he belonged in a zoo, and she didn’t like his stories. One
morning, when Jeremy told Mrs. Nuddles that his vulchair ate
his homework, she decided that it was high time for a home
visit. If Jeremy was just making things up, he wasn’t going
on the class field trip.
On the day of the visit, Jeremy told Mrs. Nuddles that she
couldn’t possibly miss his gorvilla. It had the biggest
condoor in the neighborhood. There was a tall chimpney off
to one side and a nice back perch, too.
As Mrs. Nuddles walked up the sidewalk, Jeremy could see her
through the windodo. He opened the condoor and warned Mrs.
Nuddles to be careful. The pink floormingoes hated getting
dirt between their feathers.
But that wasn’t the only danger. Jeremy’s little sister left
the skink running and it bumped smack into Mrs. Nuddles,
which sent her flying toward the sealing. Fortunately, she
didn’t fall hard, since there was an armapillow to cushion
her fall. Then, on the way up the harecase, a lamprey
grabbed her dress and he might have ripped it, if it wasn’t
for the fast action by the refrigergator, who then offered
them a toucan of soda.
When they finally got to Jeremy’s kangaroom, Mrs. Nuddles
looked around. She saw the computer monitor lizard on his
desk, and the mouse. She didn’t notice the vulchair, but the
vulchair (who loves to eat old things like teachers, for
instance) surely saw Mrs. Nuddles…
Wow, your kids are going to love this. They’ll be dragging
this book over to your lap several times a week. But be
warned: reading it aloud is going to take a dress-rehearsal
first. Before you give your kids Animal House, be
sure to lock yourself in a room, and practice, practice,
practice.
With more than just a few twists of the tongue and more puns
than you ever thought possible, author Candace Ryan will
tweak kids’ funny bones and poke their creativity with what
amounts to a very cute and kid-friendly play-on-words game.
Add in the colorful, imaginative illustrations by Nathan
Hale, and your kids will want rename everything in your
gorvilla.
AnteLope carefully down the sidewhelk, get in your automob-eel,
and gopher Animal House. For your four-to-seven
year-old, this book is a hippopotamust. |
