The baby uggs are hatching / by Jack Prelutsky ; pictures by James Stevenson.
Record details
- ISBN: 0688009220 :
- ISBN: 0688009239 (lib. bdg.) :
- Physical Description: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, c1982.
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Subject: | Children's poetry, American. Humorous poetry, American. American poetry. Humorous poetry. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | J 811.54 PRE (Text) | 000080375 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
Kirkus Review
The Baby Uggs Are Hatching
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More of Prelutsky's irresistible bounce-along monster rhymes, beginning with the uggily wuggily baby Uggs--whom Stevenson depicts as bumpy green lumps, most comical when gobbling each other--and ending with the Flotterzott: ""When days are hot,/ the Flotterzott/slides fight outside its skin,/and when it's not,/the Flotterzott/goes sliding right back in."" Among the other captivatingly gruesome creatures are the Quossible ("". . . it moves about all creepily/its diet is all people-y""); the Smasheroo who goes too far and gets smashed himself; the Nimpy-Numpy-Numpity, who most of all is grumpity; Snatchits who carry off sox, shoelaces, and the like; and the rich and slimy Slithery Slitch. Prelutsky gives the impression that these jiggety rhymes just roll off his tongue, as they will off readers'; and Stevenson makes the primitive monsters variously snaggle-toothed, hairy, centipedal, and lumpish with a matching scraggly humor. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.