White Dynamite & Curly Kidd (Owlet Book)
Kindergarten-Grade 4 A rollicking ride for Curly Kidd and young listeners alike. As Curly prepares to ride the "meanest bull in the whole United States," he explains to his proud but worried child how he overcomes his fear: he thinks about places he'd like to see. Lucky Kidd calls encouragement to dadand alleviates fears by chanting cities and states. The story, told in dialogue, begs to be read aloud. The rhythm, rhyme and timing of the place names are in perfect harmony, and story hour participants will soon be chanting "Yah! Hoo! KAL- ama- ZOO /Tic! Tac! Toe! I-da- HO" along with Lucky. Rand's strokes are bold and strong, and there's a kind of frenetic activity that is perfectly captured in words and pictures.The double-page spreads are filled with action and energycowboys on the boxes, rodeo clowns on the alert, the cantankerous bull twisting and bucking with Curly Kidd on his back. Dust, dirt and grit fly. It all takes place under the wide expanse of a glorious blue sky that is as warm as the love and caring found in this exuberant story. Trev Jones, "School Library Journal"Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.