Hooway for Wodney Wat

Author: Lester Helen

Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• HMH Books for Young Readers

Format: Bargain Price

Number Of Pages: 32

Details: About the Author

Lynn Munsinger is the illustrator of many funny and popular books for children, including the stories starring Tacky the Penguin and Wodney Wat. She divides her time between Connecticut and Vermont.

Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in New York, and Lynn Munsinger is a full-time illustrator living in Vermont.

Product Description

Poor Rodney Rat can’t pronounce his R’s and the other rodents tease him mercilessly. But when Camilla Capybara joins Rodney’s class and announces that she is bigger, meaner, and smarter than any of the other rodents, everyone is afraid. It seems she really is bigger, meaner, and smarter than all of the rest of them. Until our unwitting hero, Wodney Wat, catches Camilla out in a game of Simon Says. Read along with Wodney as he surprises himself and his classmates by single-handedly saving the whole class from the big bad bully. Children will delight as shy Rodney Rat triumphs over all and his tiny voice decides the day, R’s or no R’s.

Review

“The team responsible for the Tacky the Penguin books and Princess Penelope’s Parrot (1996), among others, is in rare form in this picture book, in which a swell little guy proves himself a hero to his tormentors. Wodney Wat has a problem: he can’t pronounce the letter r, which makes him the butt of constant jokes and teasing. He’s so distressed, in fact, that he routinely buries his head in his jacket–the closest he can come to actually disappearing. He thinks he’s really in for it when “big, mean, smart” Camilla Capybara appears in Miss Fuzzleworth’s classroom. But the tables are deftly turned when Wodney is tapped to lead a game of Simon Says: when he says “Go West” after a tough round of play, guess who does. Munsinger’s well-detailed illustrations are superbly funny, a perfect complement to a comical story that will not only make kids laugh but also hearten those who feel they’ll be outsiders forever.” Booklist, ALA

“Rodney Rat, who can’t pronounce his R’s, is the shyest, most miserable kid in school, until one day he saves his classmates from the mean bully Camilla Capybara. Wodney’s transformation from cowering to empowered is beautifully underscored in the humorous, expressive illustrations. Appealingly, Wodney doesn’t need to overcome his impediment to be liked–and it’s the impediment itself and Wodney’s clever use of it that foils the villain.” Horn Book

A shy rodent turns his defect into strength to overcome class bully and save the day. Every page is a delight in this imaginative book, which culminates in surprising word play. Energetic illustrations capture perfectly the characters of timid Rodney, the overbearing Camilla Capybara, and their rowdy rodent classmates.
Parent’s Choice (R) —

UPC: 046442216128

Release Date: 27-05-2002

Package Dimensions: 7x240x159