Snuggle Mountain

by Melissa Iwai (Illustrator), Lindsey Lane

Overview

It’s morning, and Emma wants pancakes. But the two-headed giant who lives on Snuggle Mountain has forgotten all about breakfast. So lump by bump, Emma begins her climb up the shaking, quaking mountain to reach the giant’s snuggly cave. How can Emma wake the giant without getting caught in the Sleeping Spell?

Filled with imagination and humor, Snuggle Mountain perfectly captures a quintessential childhood experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618043286
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/21/2003
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.13(d)
Lexile:	AD650L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 Years

About the Author

MELISSA IWAI has illustrated many books for children, including Gramps and the Fire Dragon . She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.

Editorial Reviews

"a little girl's triumphant trek...lively and exciting...thrilling tiptoe travels...storytime and preschool audiences will enjoy this amusing adventure." SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL School Library Journal

"...inventive story..illustrations successfully turn...soft quilt into a craggy mountain...swirling blankets into...rushing stream...tribute to...child's imagination" KIRKUS REVIEWS Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

PreS-Acrylic-and-pencil illustrations help make this tale of a little girl's triumphant trek to the top of Snuggle Mountain lively and exciting. Tiny Emma, intent on a pancake breakfast, must face all the challenges presented by huge mounds of green and purple. Her thrilling tiptoe travels are an amusing testament to her tenacity as she encounters a rock (the yawning family cat), a cave, and a two-headed Giant, before breaking the Sleeping Spell by announcing to her now-awake parents, "It's time for breakfast!" Storytime and preschool audiences will enjoy this amusing adventure that culminates in the family seated around the breakfast table in a cheerful, sunlit room.-Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Lane's debut offers an inventive story of one child's attempts to wake her parents from their sleep so she can put in an order for breakfast. The two-headed giant is fast asleep inside the cave on top of Snuggle Mountain and it's up to Emma to scale the peak and save the giant from the Sleeping Spell. If she can climb all the way to the top of the rumbling mountain, she plans to ask the giant to make some pancakes for her. It's not going to be an easy task. Obstacles include a dog and cat that have also fallen under the spell and the tendency for the mountain to occasionally have wild tremors, making climbing treacherous. Finally, Emma reaches the summit and climbs into the cave, trying hard to wake the giant. She realizes that what the giant really needs is sunlight and some noise. She supplies both and soon is leading the morning parade down to the kitchen for breakfast. Unfortunately for her parents, now that she knows she can climb the mountain, she thinks she might have pancakes for breakfast more often. Acrylic-and-pencil illustrations successfully turn the soft quilt into a craggy mountain and swirling blankets into a rushing stream. Muted colors and soft shading give this tribute to one child's imagination a comforting twist. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews