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One Windy Wednesday
What happens when the wind blows and BLOWS! Well, one windy Wednesday, Bonnie Bumble found out! The wind blew so hard it blew the quack right out of the duck...and that was just the beginnning!
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Phyllis Root
107 books71 followers"Picture books are performances," says Phyllis Root, quoting some sage advice she once received. "They're performances that involve a child--something both of you do. And once I started thinking of them that way, I started getting much looser about making up words and playing around with rhythm."
Phyllis Root picked up an early affinity for colloquial language while growing up in Indiana and southern Illinois, "where people actually say things like, 'I got a hitch in my git-along'!" She decided to be a writer in the fifth grade, but it wasn't until she was thirty years old that she took a writing course with an influential teacher who gave her "the tools" she says she needed. "That's when I figured out that you could learn to be a writer," she says. What followed was a series of rollicking stories that take on a new life when read aloud, among them ONE DUCK STUCK, a one-of-a-kind counting book; KISS THE COW!, an affectionate salute to stubbornness; WHAT BABY WANTS, a tale of increasingly ridiculous efforts to quiet an infant that one reviewer compared to an episode of I LOVE LUCY, and LOOKING FOR A MOOSE, a buoyant tale with a final surprise discovery.
The author does "endless rewriting" before a book is finished, but often starts out by writing her stories in her head, a trick she learned as a time-pressed mother when her two daughters were very young. For example, RATTLETRAP CAR--a joyful celebration of perseverance--began with her playing around with sounds ("clinkety clankety, bing bang pop!") and calling up bits of old camp songs.
A master of rhythmic read-alouds, Phyllis Root exhibits a range many writers would envy. Her counting book TEN SLEEPY SHEEP is as serene and lulling as ONE DUCK STUCK is rambunctious. "Counting sheep isn't always easy," she notes. "Once, while we were farm-sitting, my daughter and I had to chase down two runaway lambs in the growing darkness, then count twenty-seven frisky lambs to make sure they were all safe for the night. Luckily, they were." OLIVER FINDS HIS WAY is a quiet, classic picture book about a defining moment in the life of a small child--getting lost and having the pluck to find the way home. On the other extreme, Phyllis Root takes on no less than the whole universe in BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD, a powerful, original, down-home creation myth that received rave reviews and won the prestigious BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK Award. Most recently, Phyllis Root penned LUCIA AND THE LIGHT, a timeless adventure about one brave girl's quest that was inspired by Nordic lore.
When she's not writing, Phyllis Root teaches at Vermont College's MFA in Writing for Children program. She lives with her two daughters and two cats in a 100-year-old house in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and loves to read (mostly mysteries with female protagonists) or spend time outdoors gardening, camping, sailing, or traveling. "One of the things I've learned about myself," she confides, "is that when I get really stuck and can't seem to get writing, it's because I've forgotten to take time out to play."
Phyllis Root picked up an early affinity for colloquial language while growing up in Indiana and southern Illinois, "where people actually say things like, 'I got a hitch in my git-along'!" She decided to be a writer in the fifth grade, but it wasn't until she was thirty years old that she took a writing course with an influential teacher who gave her "the tools" she says she needed. "That's when I figured out that you could learn to be a writer," she says. What followed was a series of rollicking stories that take on a new life when read aloud, among them ONE DUCK STUCK, a one-of-a-kind counting book; KISS THE COW!, an affectionate salute to stubbornness; WHAT BABY WANTS, a tale of increasingly ridiculous efforts to quiet an infant that one reviewer compared to an episode of I LOVE LUCY, and LOOKING FOR A MOOSE, a buoyant tale with a final surprise discovery.
The author does "endless rewriting" before a book is finished, but often starts out by writing her stories in her head, a trick she learned as a time-pressed mother when her two daughters were very young. For example, RATTLETRAP CAR--a joyful celebration of perseverance--began with her playing around with sounds ("clinkety clankety, bing bang pop!") and calling up bits of old camp songs.
A master of rhythmic read-alouds, Phyllis Root exhibits a range many writers would envy. Her counting book TEN SLEEPY SHEEP is as serene and lulling as ONE DUCK STUCK is rambunctious. "Counting sheep isn't always easy," she notes. "Once, while we were farm-sitting, my daughter and I had to chase down two runaway lambs in the growing darkness, then count twenty-seven frisky lambs to make sure they were all safe for the night. Luckily, they were." OLIVER FINDS HIS WAY is a quiet, classic picture book about a defining moment in the life of a small child--getting lost and having the pluck to find the way home. On the other extreme, Phyllis Root takes on no less than the whole universe in BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD, a powerful, original, down-home creation myth that received rave reviews and won the prestigious BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK Award. Most recently, Phyllis Root penned LUCIA AND THE LIGHT, a timeless adventure about one brave girl's quest that was inspired by Nordic lore.
When she's not writing, Phyllis Root teaches at Vermont College's MFA in Writing for Children program. She lives with her two daughters and two cats in a 100-year-old house in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and loves to read (mostly mysteries with female protagonists) or spend time outdoors gardening, camping, sailing, or traveling. "One of the things I've learned about myself," she confides, "is that when I get really stuck and can't seem to get writing, it's because I've forgotten to take time out to play."
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April 19, 2012
Hooray for a story featuring "wind" that adds enough of a twist to keep the story time crowd attentive. In this case the wind mixes up the animal sounds and Bonnie Bumble has to repair the damages. She "pats" the quack back into the duck. She ties the Moo (in a word bubble) onto the cow's horn. She strings the Oink (in a word bubble) around the pig's middle. She "knits" the Baa (in a word bubble) back onto the lamb. I invited the children to pantomime all these actions with me.
September 27, 2022
The wind is recking havoc on Bonnie Bumbles farm and she and the animals need to find a way to keep everything working right. Preschool and up.
October 17, 2023
I'll have to keep this in mind for a toddler set, since the length felt a little short in preschool storytime, but they still all got a kick out of the animals making the wrong sounds.
August 13, 2024
Simple but cute!
March 10, 2017
I am looking forward to reading this in storytime next week!
March 31, 2015
I found this book to be humorous and I think many children would too. I would read this to toddlers because I think they would enjoy it the most. It would also teach them the different sounds that animals make, so they would be learning from it as well. I think they would enjoy it because they could say the different animal sounds as you read the story. The illustrations in the book reminded me of a cartoon, so children would also be able to relate to it better because most children are familiar with the looks of cartoons.
November 5, 2011
Bonnie Bumble is enjoying the day when all of a sudden a wind blows up. It's such a strong wind that it blows the sounds right out of the animals. All of the animals' sounds get mixed-up in each other. Bonnie Bumble has to work hard to put the animal sounds back where they go. Once she's done that she relaxes. But suddenly a slight wind blows through...
March 14, 2011
The wind blows the quack out of the duck and the moo out of the cow . . . . and the sounds get mixed up. It's up to the little girl to set things right. Good for storytimes on wind, animals, the farm and sounds.
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July 9, 2011I liked this book because I could connect it to a lesson on the letter W or it could be connected to a lesson on animal sounds, because the animal sounds move from one animals to another and they put the animals sounds back with the correct animals
November 9, 2015
"What happens when the wind blows and BLOWS! Well, one windy Wednesday, Bonnie Bumble found out! The wind blew so hard it blew the quack right out of the duck...and that was just the beginning!"
This is one book I use over and over again in storytime. So cute!!
This is one book I use over and over again in storytime. So cute!!
October 17, 2023
This is a classic and silly wind story to share. The wind blows and the animal sounds are all mixed-up!
2018 storytime theme: wind
2023 storytime theme: wind
- This was a fun book to share at storytime! The audience got involved by sharing animal sounds.
Reviewed from a library copy.
2018 storytime theme: wind
2023 storytime theme: wind
- This was a fun book to share at storytime! The audience got involved by sharing animal sounds.
Reviewed from a library copy.
September 22, 2010
This book got two lives- first when I read the book to my kids when they were 2-3, and them reading it to me as first graders. Pretty simple words, ends with a laugh for the kids.
May 25, 2011
Didn't go over well as a storytime book.
April 6, 2012
One Windy Wednesday things get out of hand in the barnyard. Quacks, moos, baas, and oinks get all mixed up.
Used for "Blow, Wind, Blow" Storytime: April, 2012.
Used for "Blow, Wind, Blow" Storytime: April, 2012.
August 23, 2012
Now this is a cute one for a farm theme read. Bringing in a handful of animals and what they "say". Great for interaction and funny too.
April 28, 2013
Really cute book, especially for young preschoolers.
November 6, 2015
The wind blows the quack right out of the duck and the moo out of the cow -- will things ever be right again? Fans of "Bark, George" will get a chuckle out of this!
November 6, 2013
Read for Energizers Plus 11.5.2013
March 10, 2018
The wind mixes up what all the animals say.
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