Gumbrella
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (743 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399233474 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
You will particularly enjoy it if you have a mini 'Bossy Bessy' in Summerland reader This is a delightful book! You will particularly enjoy it if you have a mini 'Bossy Bessy' in your family. It illustrates lightly and lovingly how innocent enthusiasm can sometimes creep into others' space, creating discomfort rather than the sharing of fun. The story concludes with a beautiful example of generosity and compassion. It leaves everyone smiling.. A Customer said Gumbrella. Gumbrella is as entertaining as a movie on a Friday night.First you have an elephant trying to help young and innocent animals.Through out the book this becomes a problem.Second Gumbrella is having as much fun as a kid in a toy store while she is helping the woodland creatures. Will her joy get the best of her?Third It is winter know and all of the animals are getting restless, but she tells them they can go home in the spring.Spring finally arrives and Gumbrella soon finds that the animals are gone.Gumbrella at that time remembers that what goes up must c. Misery anyone? Elizabeth Lincoln I borrowed this book from the library for the animal shelter/veterinary clinic investigation we were doing in our preschool classroom. I am so happy I pre read the book before reading it to the children. Immediately the movie Misery came to mind as the "cured" animals were not allowed to go home despite begging to do so. The illustration of all of their sad faces looking out the window while imprisoned sealed the deal. They only found their freedom after stealing the keys to unlock the doors. The question is what fate awaits Gumbrella as her former patient
The pampered patient's wide-eyed bliss on the last page is proof that helping others has its own rewards. . When Gumbrella's brother discovers an injured mouse in the forest, she opens an animal hospital, turns Trumbull, her cowed brother, into an ambulance and stocks her sick ward with "squirrels with sniffles, mice with measles, and moles with mumps." Acting as doctor, nurse and entertainment director, the industrious elephant cares for her charges even after they beg to leave ("Go home! What a ridiculous idea!" says Gumbrella). Root cleverly depicts Gumbrella's single-minded altruism with visual winks-in one spread, she dances Isadora Duncan-style for her patients-coupled with a sly voice ("The animals had seen better dancing, but they all sat through it and clapped politely"). The turnaround-is-fair-play ending will also appeal: when Gumbrella grows despondent after her charges escape, they nurse her back to happiness with the
Months later when they are all feeling fine, Gumbrella can't bear to let them go home. Gumbrella loves cute little animals, and she's the "take-charge" type. In the first book that Barry Root has both written and illustrated, his wry humor captures all the vulnerability behind even the bossiest of big sisters.. There's only one problem. So when her brother, Trumbull, comes home with a hurt mouse, naturally she starts an animal hospital. Soon the house is filled with sick animals, and Gumbrella couldn't be happier