If I Were a Jungle Animal: with audio recording

by Amanda Ellery, Tom Ellery (Illustrator)

Overview

Morton is bored playing baseball all the way in the outfield, where the ball never, ever comes. But if he were in the jungle instead, he could be a lion or a zebra or a hippopotamus! Yeah, if he were a jungle animal, then things would be exciting. But excitement can be distracting, especially if a ball might be coming right toward him!

This eBook edition of Morton's daydream adventure includes audio.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442478206
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	09/11/2012
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	21 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Amanda Ellery is a freelance writer and the author of If I Had a Dragon and If I Were a Jungle Animal. She lives in Santa Clarita, California with her three kids.

Tom Ellery is an Emmy Award-winning director and artist and has worked in the animation industry for more than fifteen years. He has illustrated If I Had a Dragon and If I Were a Jungle Animal. He lives in Santa Clarit, California with his three kids.

Editorial Reviews

Morton's imagination takes him on a wild adventure. Coach hollers at him to pay attention, but Morton (who looks about eight years old) never gets any action in deep right field. He wishes himself into a jungle, overgrown with colorful leaves, and soon he's a lion. Morton's lion is so raucous he scares away even the elephants. As a monkey, he gets tangled in vines, and his giraffe is confronted by a highly territorial snake. Similarly, his zebra, parrot and rhinoceros face daunting challenges. Maybe a walrus! Wait-walruses don't live in the jungle. Morton's dream is abruptly ended when a fly ball comes his way; can he catch it? Amanda Ellery's tale is simple but delicious, and accessible to very young readers. Husband Tom's expressive, Bill Peet-esque illustrations-in colored pencil, pen and ink-are all they should be: funny, original and so lively they virtually jump off the page. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews