Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo

by Jennifer Hamburg (Author) Ross Burach (Illustrator)

Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Billy Bloo is stuck in goo.Who will help him, tell me who?Who'll unstick him from this goo?

Would you? With madcap mania, a troupe of merry volunteers attempt to rescue poor Billy Bloo, only to find themselves stuck in goo too!

Oh, what to do?

This spry, slapstick comedy of errors will have you rolling with laughter(but hopefully not into any goo!).

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Kirkus

Begs to be read aloud....Gleeful, errant nonsense.

Publishers Weekly

Never mind how that giant heap of green goo got there, or why little Billy Bloo ignored the sign (on the title page) that reads aWhatever you do... do not go in the goo! Now heas stuck and so is everyone who comes along to extract him, an oddball assemblage that ends up including aFour acrobats, the cowgirl too/ the octopus, the wizard (who/ just conjured up a talking ewe)/ the pirate, and the noble crew.a (The crew consists of a queen and 17 loyal knights.) Everyone is unwilling to give up the struggle, but even the queen canat help wondering, aWhat happens if I need the loo?a Suddenly, a startled octopus inadvertently frees everyonea briefly. Burachas (I Am Not a Chair! loosey-goosey illustrations contrast the glistening, almost three-dimensional goo with a flattened, high-energy cartoon cast that looks as though it sprang directly from a childas imagination. And Hamburgas (Monkey and Duck Quack Up! freewheeling versea which includes lots of agooa rhymes and direct addresses to readersa gives readers plenty to linger (and laugh) over. Ages 4a 8. Authoras agent: Jennifer De Chiara, Jennifer De Chiara Literary. Illustratoras agent: Lara Perkins, Andrea Brown Literary. (July) Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.

Review quotes

Praise for Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg, illustrated by Ross Burach:

 

2018 CBC Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards Finalist

 

 

Lots of giggles and goo, and weird characters too, in this rhyming cumulative storytime read-aloud, make this title a must-have for picture book collections. — School Library Journal

 

Praise for Monkey and Duck Quack Up! by Jennifer Hamburg:

 

Spring 2015 Indie Pick
Beginning Readers 2016 ILA-CBC Children's Choices List Book
2016 Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices List Book

 

With a three-day cruise on the line as a prize, Monkey drafts his friend Duck to participate in a rhyming contest . . . bright bold artwork . . . serious read-aloud potential. — Publishers Weekly

 

Younger listeners will enjoy completing Monkey's unfinished verses within the story, and slightly older children will be spurred to create their own lists of rhyming words. — Booklist

 

A solid choice for rhyming play. — Kirkus Reviews

Jennifer Hamburg
Jennifer Hamburg is an Emmy Award-winning children's television writer whose hit shows include Doc McStuffins, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Super Why! , Henry Hugglemonster, and Creative Galaxy. She is the author of Monkey and Duck Quack Up! , illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite, and Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo. Jennifer lives happily with her husband and gooey children in Houston, Texas. Visit Jennifer at www.jenniferhamburg.com.
Ross Burach is the creator of the riotously funny Very Impatient Caterpillar series that includes The Very Impatient Caterpillar; The Little Butterfly That Could; Goodnight, Butterfly; and Make Way for Butterfly. All the books combine humor with curriculum-friendly science topics and relatable social-emotional themes. Ross's other acclaimed books include the picture book Truck Full of Ducks, the board books I Love My Tutu Too!, Potty All-Star, Hi-Five Farm!, and Hi-Five Animals!, named the best board book of the year by Parents magazine, and the Acorn early reader series Bumble and Bee. Ross lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit him online at rossburach.com.
Classification
-
ISBN-13
9780545880152
Lexile Measure
540
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication date
July 25, 2017
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Stories in rhyme
Helpfulness
Helping behavior

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