Mr. and Mrs. Green are back for another round of sweet and adventurous alligator escapades. This time they're trying their hand at detective work, entering a gumball-guessing contest, and (most daring of all!) participating in the town talent show. Happily for the Greens, luck is on their side. Luck and cookies--JUMBO cookies!
With its snappy text and warm, bright illustrations, this third book in the Mr. and Mrs. Green series is sure to be an alligator-sized success with beginning readers everywhere.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Please see:Keith Baker
Keith Baker lives in Seattle. He has written and illustrated many acclaimed picture books for young children, including the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas; 1-2-3 Peas; Little Green Peas; Hap-pea All Year; LMNO Pea-quel; My Octopus Arms; and No Two Alike.
Besides serving as author and illustrator, Keith's clearly a playful guy who likes to have fun. The sweet liveliness in these stories is contagious.
Here's a quote from his story on "Gumballs."
[On the way home from entering a contest to guess how many gumballs were in a jar] Mr. Green imagined gumballs everywhere -- gumball fountains, gumball trees, and a gumball car with gumball tires. The world had never looked so wonderful.
Wonderful, wonderful ending to every single one of these three tales. FIVE STARS!
My five year old has been a reader for several years. This is a library book he keeps coming back to. It seems like a good bridge toward the chapter book. The full color illustrations and humor make this successful.
There was a gumball contest and he really liked gumballs and he guessed how much there was. It was good because he guessed it right and the other one got the second prize. (age 7)
-this book has three stories included in it -one story can be an introductory to a writing piece -Lost and found can be read to children, then hopefully the kids can remember a story from their own lives when they lost something and then had to look for it -one story can be connected to a math lesson -Gumballs: Mr. Green calculates how many gumballs there are in a large jar -also includes measurements such as cups, pints, gallons -Mrs. Green guesses and predicts the number of gumballs, which can also be taught in math -the last story can be used to introduce different vocabulary used throughout, such as feelings (enthusiasm, energy, emotions, groovy) -also can be used to encourage children to be bold, just like Mr. Green in the talent show
This is a fun and silly book that our girls really liked. Three short stories, with one of them a mystery. The illustrations are colorful and have lots of elements that children like - balloons, gumballs, pools, toys and pets. The talent show story was pretty funny.
"I like this book because it's about pretend alligators. I don't like real alligators because they sometimes eat people. I like the gumballs. I love when he looks in the toolbox and finds chocolate bars. That's so funny!"
I would use this book to talk about looking for clues and helping solve problrms. I would relate it to how students can use clue to help solve problems in the classroom. It is a great book to give to students who are between picture and chapter books.