When the Wind Blew
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
We all know the story of the old woman who lived in a shoe with her many children. But not everyone knows about the day when the wind blew very hard, and an unexpected guest arrived (cradle and all), setting off a chain of events that involves the three little kittens, Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue, and many other beloved characters from nursery rhymes. Can the old woman restore order to their world and still manage to get her children to bed on time? But, of course!
This is a follow-up to Alison Jackson's strong-selling If the Shoe Fits, told with the same whimsy and charm.
A Christy Ottaviano Book
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Extreme weather isn't limited to the real world it hits the country of nursery rhymes, too, as a gale breaks a famous bough and deposits a rock-a-bye baby on an equally famous shoe. "The woman and children who lived in the shoe/ Were nestled inside, but they knew what to do." They set off to return the baby, discovering missing mittens (and some guilty kittens), a pail, a misplaced sheep that belongs to a girl named Mary... and that's just the beginning. Barrette (Never Ask a Bear) sets the story in a fairytale European village with tiled roofs, a castle, and rolling hills; she captures the storm's force with swirling skirts, waving branches, and flying coins. As in 2001's If the Shoe Fits, Jackson puts nursery world elements together like a crossword puzzle, assembling smart rhymes ("The coins had been swept from the king's counting room,/ And the woman surmised he'd be missing them soon") and clever scenarios, although a moral about acquisitiveness ("From kitten to king, they examined the cost/ Of constantly grasping at things that are lost") has a tacked-on feeling. Ages 4 7.
