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"Feeling inept in the team sports scheduled for his school's Gymboree, Clyde the rabbit develops his own event, a freestyle tumbling routine with a dazzling move called the ""twirly burly.""."

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Author:   Lasky Kathryn ,  Hafner Marylin
Publisher:   Candlewick Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Candlewick Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 20.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.70cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780763622657

ISBN 10:   0763622656
Pages:   40
Publication Date:   17 March 2005
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Children / Juvenile ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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An insecure little rabbit finds that the air is where he shines. Clyde's unhappiness about the upcoming Sports Spectacular at school is compounded by his older brother's teasing-so much so, in fact, that he starts to think of ways to miss the whole event, to avoid the humiliation of not being chosen for a team. When his friend Rosemary tells him that there will be individual acrobatic events as well as team sports, however, Clyde decides to put his bed-bouncing prowess to the test on the trampoline in a display of dynamic air tumbling -with predictably satisfying results. Lasky's rather lengthy text displays a sympathetic understanding of the child psyche; readers, athletic or not, will easily recognize Clyde's insecurities, and they will delight in his triumph. Hafner's amiable ink-and-watercolor illustrations depict a school full of happily middle-class bunnies all going about their sporty business. If it's not a startlingly original setting or plot, it's nevertheless an eminently comfortable one-and there's nothing wrong with that. (Picture book. 5-8) (Kirkus Reviews)

Author Information

"Kathryn Lasky is the acclaimed author of more than forty books for children, including VISION OF BEAUTY: THE STORY OF SARAH BREEDLOVE WALKER; and SUGARING TIME, a Newbery Honor Book. She says TUMBLE BUNNIES is ""part of the continuing saga of the problems that loom large in the lives of first graders as they try to figure out their world."" Marilyn Hafner loves Clyde and was happy to illustrate another book featuring him. ""The stories about him,"" she says, ""have the perfect take on the real fears of children as they start to face the world away from home."""

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