Get Well, Clown-Arounds!

The Clown-Arounds #4

by Joanna Cole, Jerry Smath (Illustrator)

A wacky family thinks that they have become very sick when they look in the mirror and see green spots.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

21 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1983

About the author

Joanna Cole, who also wrote under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet, was an author of children’s books who teaches science.

She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Joanna Cole wrote over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroach to her famous series Magic School Bus.

Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange. She loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She attended the University of Massachusetts and Indiana University before graduating from the City College of New York with a B.A. in psychology. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole subsequently became a letters correspondent at Newsweek, and then a senior editor for Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am not sure why, but this book has stuck in my head from Childhood.

[Lynnette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't really care for this book but my toddler loves it. the illustrations are cute the story is very silly, and there are little jokes throughout the story spoken by some of the background characters which is interesting. not very many words on a page which makes it great for a toddler read aloud.

[Ruthie Ambrose · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite chaos-kid reads. Also: same author as Magic School Bus?? My brain exploded.

[Audry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really cute children's picture book.

[Madelyn O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Clown-Arounds was probably the best childhood book I used to read.