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The traveling dustball / written by Judith Henderson ; illustrated by T.L. McBeth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Henderson, Judith. Big words small stories ; 2.Publisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 51 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781771387897
  • 1771387890
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Who's who -- The traveling dustball -- Spaghetti and meatballs -- The big wave -- Cloud tea -- The stinky cheese -- A small play on big words.
Summary: "This second book in the Big Words Small Stories series follows the adventures of a boy named Davey and his dog, Abigail, as they travel the world on a floating dustball. Although Abigail finds travel IRKSOME and far prefers to stay at home LOLLYGAGGING, even she has admit that the dustball is an impressive PHENOMENON. As in the first book, the two are visited along the way by the Sprinkle Fairy, who owns a word factory in Sicily, "where the best words in the world come from," and her helpers, the Sprinklers, who have slipped one big word into each of the five small stories. The Sprinklers give readers a warning before each big word appears, and the pronunciation and definition after."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Reader Henderso Judith Available 33111009266509
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The second collection in the Big Words Small Stories series follows the adventures of Davey and his dog, Abigail. When Davey tries to sweep an enormous dustball out the front door, the wind lifts the dustball into the air -- and Davey and Abigail with it! Their flying dustball takes them on adventures to places around the world, including Italy, China and Switzerland, which makes for some great stories (five, to be exact)! As with the first book in the series, the mischievous Sprinkle Fairy and her helpers have slipped a Big Word into each story. The stories include Big Words like lollygagging, irksome and phenomenon! What kid could resist trying those out?!

Told through Judith Henderson's hilarious dialogue and T.L. McBeth's fun illustrations, these stories are highly accessible and simple to read. Add that to the stories' mix of deadpan and slapstick humor, and you've got a pitch-perfect book for emerging readers that's both entertaining and enriching. The Big Words included -- with a kid-friendly pronunciation and definition for each -- help young readers to build their vocabularies. For a bonus at the end of the book, a "Small Play on Big Words" uses all the Big Words together.

Short stories.

Who's who -- The traveling dustball -- Spaghetti and meatballs -- The big wave -- Cloud tea -- The stinky cheese -- A small play on big words.

"This second book in the Big Words Small Stories series follows the adventures of a boy named Davey and his dog, Abigail, as they travel the world on a floating dustball. Although Abigail finds travel IRKSOME and far prefers to stay at home LOLLYGAGGING, even she has admit that the dustball is an impressive PHENOMENON. As in the first book, the two are visited along the way by the Sprinkle Fairy, who owns a word factory in Sicily, "where the best words in the world come from," and her helpers, the Sprinklers, who have slipped one big word into each of the five small stories. The Sprinklers give readers a warning before each big word appears, and the pronunciation and definition after."-- Provided by publisher.

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