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April Fool, Phyllis! (2011)

by Susanna Leonard Hill(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0823422704 (ISBN13: 9780823422708)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Holiday House

review 1: Fun! Fun! Fun! There are plenty of practical jokes and scavenger riddles for young readers to solve themselves, and the last page includes useful tidbits: April Fool’s Day origins and traditions celebrated around the world. Ebbeler’s richly textured illustrations express a great deal of joy and chaos – and plenty of extra jokes hidden in plain sight! Perfect for this holiday at winter’s end, as well as Groundhog Day, and an appealing addition to weather-related themes in the classroom.
review 2: Punxsutawney Phyllis, despite being only a young groundhog, is something of a weather guru, and her family should have heeded her warnings, when on sniffing the air on April 1st morning, she predicts a mighty snow blizzard. However, some gentle teasing pursues a... morend her predictions are ignored as the youngsters set off to solve the April Fool's Day treasure hunt clues. The clues take them further and further from the burrow as the temperature drops and drops. The inevitable snow storm arrives and it falls upon Phyllis to come up with a solution to save the gang!Why I like this book? Firstly, I love our spunky protagonist. She knows where her strengths lie, yet joins in the fun without sulking and is a real star when her warnings come true and she has get them all out of a dangerous pickle.Secondly, this is such a clever weaving of two stories in one. The grade one class I read the book to today LOVED solving the clues and were so caught up in the treasure hunt, that they were delightfully surprised and concerned when snow began to fall. It led into a great discussion on what they planned to do for April Fool's day this year.Thirdly, Ebbeler's illustrations are warm, rustic and nature-loving, with some wonderful details worth pouring over! And the back page on April Fools Day traditions around the world went down a treat with our international kids! less

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