The Great Snake Escape

by Molly Coxe

Yikes! A king cobra has escaped from the park zoo. Now Maxie must race to find out if the snake eats geese like her or frogs like her friend Maxie—before it's too late! In this action packed page-turner, Mirabel and Maxie discover that sometimes things aren't as scary as they seem. Children's Choices for 1995 (IRA/CBC)

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Friendship

48 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Prabhat sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Great Snake Escape by Molly Coxe, Hindi Language translation by Arvind Gupta- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of Mirabel and Maxie, a duck and a frog who are friends. They find a newspaper cutting where they read that a snake has escaped from the zoo. Both are scared as they are not aware whether snakes ate ducks and frogs. Frog jumps into the waste bucket to find the newspaper. The bucket is quite high and the frog is unable to jump out. But while duck tries to find help, she comes across the snake and the snake tells them there is no need to get scared. The snake helps frog to come out of the bucket. Cobra enquires from his friends that he has to go to India. Both his friends take him to the sea coast where a ship is about to start for India. Cobra moves in the ship to travel of India. Coloured illustrations help the reader to relate to the story. I have read the Hindi language translation of this book.

[Ashley Moser · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a leveled reader, I surprisingly really enjoyed the story. A goose and a frog are worried about an escaped snake. After they find out the snake won’t eat them, they help the snake sail back to India.

[Candace Mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never read this book before my daughter brought it home it was interesting and unexpected story

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an I Can Read book; text is repeatative and kind of easy so a mid level beginning reader could learn to read on their own.

This was an interesting book with a duck and a frog being friends. They had heard that a snake had gotten loose from the zoo and became scared. They didnt' know what snakes ate, so they found a newspaper to read the story. They did find out they were okay but in the process frog gets into trouble that duck couldn't help him. But while duck tries to find help she comes across the snake and the snake tells them they don't have to be scared. The snake helps frog and then in return they help snake board a ship to return back to Asia.

This was a charming book, it was different than most children's book. So if you are interested in something 'different' this book is nice.

[Avaj · Rating 5 out of 5]

What do you do if you just found out a snake escaped from the local zoo and you are a duck with your best friend who is a frog. Well, you find out what snakes eat of course and then determine a plan from there. These two terrified friends get themselves in a pickle and receive aid from the least expected place.

[Kristina Arnold]

A great book to teach children not to judge other people until they get to know them. They were scared of the snake but in the end the snake was their friend and even helped Maxie get free from the trash can.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

A goose and frog are afraid of an snake that escaped from the zoo. They are surprised that the snake ends up helping them, and they help the snake too. It is nice to have friends around to help.

[Tate Rytky · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tate says this book is boring. Mom agrees.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anthony loved reading it so much he got props and made a play out of it which he performed one night for our family story time. It really sparked his imagination.

[Service Room 12 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the book because it was interesting and because I like snakes.

by Gabriella.