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Looking for a children’s book similar to “Where the Wild Things Are”?
All this time I thought “Where the Wild Things Are” was a different book.
I haven’t read the book since about 1st grade so bare with me, but I THINK the premise goes like this:
A boy goes to the zoo with his parents and gets a balloon. The balloon carries him off to a strange jungle of giant monsters that scare him half to death and he cries the whole time and wants to go back to his parents. Eventually somehow he makes it back to them. It’s got the same art style as “Where the Wild Things Are” but a little more colorful.
Does anyone know what book this might be?
“That’s Good! That’s Bad!” by Margery Cuyler
“At the zoo a boy is lifted into the sky by his balloon. “Oh, that’s good. No, that’s bad! “–because the balloon pops when it hits a tree deep in the jungle. “Oh, that’s bad. No, that’s good! “–because the wide-eyed lad falls into a river and climbs onto a hippo, who takes him to shore. Thus incidents that appear to be positive turn out to be negative (and vice-versa) as the child confronts an extremely colorful bevy of animals, including baboons who chase him up a tree, a hissing snake whom he mistakes for a vine, a kindly elephant who pulls him out of quicksand and a stork who flies him back to the zoo, into the arms of his parents. Cuyler’s ( Fat Santa ) fanciful tale is energized by exclamations (”WHEEEE!”; “WHOOPS!”; “GLUG! GLUG!”) that beg to be read aloud. Catrow’s witty cartoons paint the jungle in a humorous light and hilariously depict the boy’s alternating terror and relief. And that’s good ! Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1– A young boy’s parents give him a bright red balloon one day at the zoo. “Oh, that’s good,” you might say. But no . . . that’s bad , because he is whisked away into the sky–(that’s good? no, that’s bad!) and he falls into a prickly tree wherein the balloon pops. Surely, that’s bad– no, that’s good because he is rescued from a muddy river by climbing onto the back of a giant hippo that carries him to shore. His adventures continue–for good or bad, or bad or good–until a stork that has picked him up returns him to his parents’ arms. “Oh, that’s good. No, that’s GREAT! ” This rollicking romp through the animal kingdom features vibrant, richly colored cartoon illustrations in a style that is reminiscent of Bill Peet’s. “
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