Book Descriptions
for The Children Who Smelled a Rat by Allan Ahlberg and Katharine McEwen
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
This fast-paced adventure begins with a mysterious package, baby Gary in a runaway shopping cart, and an oddly behaving teacher. Seemingly unrelated events come together in the surprise ending. The author and illustrator playfully use varied font, a slightly backward table of contents, tongue-in-cheek commentary, and talking cats and mice throughout this humorous story . si
Originally published by Walker Books Great Britain, in 2005.
Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children's Books. © USBBY, 2011. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Early chapter book readers will chuckle their way through Allan Ahlberg's latest madcap tale about the resilient Gaskitts, in which Gus and Gloria take center stage.
In this thrilling and amusing Gaskitts story, Mrs. Gaskitt finds a very peculiar package, Mr. Gaskitt loses a baby in a shopping cart, Horace the cat has mixed feelings about a bird, and the twins' beloved teacher, Mrs. Fritter — ooer! — is not herself. Why? How? When? And why does everyone keep looking the other way? Tune in for the astonishing answers in this silly story of the ever-surprising Gaskitt family, illustrated with comic finesse by Katharine McEwen.
In this thrilling and amusing Gaskitts story, Mrs. Gaskitt finds a very peculiar package, Mr. Gaskitt loses a baby in a shopping cart, Horace the cat has mixed feelings about a bird, and the twins' beloved teacher, Mrs. Fritter — ooer! — is not herself. Why? How? When? And why does everyone keep looking the other way? Tune in for the astonishing answers in this silly story of the ever-surprising Gaskitt family, illustrated with comic finesse by Katharine McEwen.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
