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The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble, Steven Kellogg

mdevlin923's review against another edition

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2.0

A child comes home from school and recounts her strange and exciting field trip to her mother: from a boa constrictor eating the wash, to pigs getting onto the bus, to a farmer accidentally running into a haystack.

The illustrations are very outdated...the story was okay.

jmitschke's review against another edition

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4.0

Great story for teaching narrative structure!

kristenremenar's review against another edition

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5.0

Love this "backward" story, especially to introduce the idea that there are different ways to tell a sotry.

bookstatsreviews's review against another edition

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5.0

I bought this for our son to read together and we live the story. Very cute.

librarydreams's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

snowelf's review against another edition

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4.0

A funny but outrageous story! A school field that spirals into going terribly wrong. For a second I thought this had to be by the same author as [b:It Wasn't My Fault|883058|It Wasn't My Fault|Helen Lester|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179171814s/883058.jpg|868335] but no, they have nothing in common except for the kid ending up with an egg on his head ...

jessalynn_librarian's review

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4.0

October 2017 - I missed this one as a kid, but we both thought it was funny.

katieckb's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a quirky children’s book. A child comes home from a school trip to a farm, and when asked how the trip was, regales her mother with stories of the remarkable misadventures that the class gets up to

scostner's review against another edition

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4.0

Wonderful for teaching cause and effect.

jembrickner's review against another edition

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4.0

Still such a fun book!