Willy the Wizard
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679876448 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
". Anthony Browne's mild-mannered chimp teams up with a group of gorilla soccer stars in his first new picture-book appearance in five years. Willy has much to overcome. Not only is he a midget next to his burly teammates, he is convinced that his skill at soccer is due to a pair of magic shoes--which he forgets on the day of the big game! How the irrepressible Willy finds the confidence to lead the gorillas to victory will have everyone cheering
A Customer said The reader is kept in suspense until the book ends.. My son and I like this book a lot because it relates tosomething my son likes, soccer, and it's told in a language that alittle kid can understand. Willy is also in the predicament of not being able to have something that he really wants--something that we want our son to understand. What happens to Willy will delight you, and your child will want to reread this book a hundred times over. As for my son, we read this boo. Good book for the superstitious child This is a cute story, and would be an excellent ice-breaker for a child who might be a bit superstitious or obsessive-compulsive. After reading this book to the child, the adult could follow up with a discussion of the story's moral which is that it was Willy's skill and not magic that made Willy a great player.. One superstitious little monkey A Customer Willy is the ultimate boy, uuups, sorry, monkey that still lives in most of all. Full of insecurities, full of dreams, full of fears. Its very easy to relate to him, specially by every little child who at least once in his or her short life has felt left out. In Willy the Wizard, Willy isn't good enough to be a part of the soccer team, but more than that he is a supertitious little monkey who feels that if he doesn't fo
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. In wry, splendidly detailed pictures and a characteristically assured narrative, the author/artist relays the story of Willy's soccer breakthrough. Ages 4-8. . But when Willy forgets to bring his special shoes to the big game and has to wear another pair, he nevertheless plays like a "wizard," stunning the opposition and scoring the winning goal. From Publishers Weekly Browne's (Willy the Wimp) fourth book featuring his ingenuous, remarkably human chimp mingles soccer and magic, two topics of indisputable appeal to kids. At the next practice, the shoes transform Willy into a star. Then he encounters an ethereal yet curiously familiar figure dressed in old-fashioned soccer clothes, "like the clothes Willy remembered his dad wearing." The two kick around a soccer ball, and the stranger unlaces his cleats and passes them to W