Mr. Ball: An EGG-cellent Adventure (Jump-Into-Chapters)

Mr. Ball: An EGG-cellent Adventure (Jump-Into-Chapters)

<b>Will Mr. Ball Get Scrambled?<b> When Mr. Ball decides to make his own circus act by trapping and taming a huge wild animal - the incredibly scary Fire-breathing Tweety-blob, to be exact - neither his friends' warnings nor the advice of his pet cat, Ms. Kittycow, deter him from climbing a tree and lying in wait for the birdie-beast. And from there, well, things don't quite go as he planned... at all. Mike Townsend's second Jump-into-Chapters title offers kids ready to graduate from picture books a funny and fast-paced adventure with a comic book-style. The Jump-Into-Chapters series was created to fill a gap: kids need to read longer books before they read text-heavy chapter books. This sequel to <i>Mr. Ball Makes a To-Do List</i> features a particular brand of silliness that kids love Mr. Ball is likable and hilariously optimistic but also reflects real-kid concerns and feelings. Mr. Ball is delighted when he takes on a giant fire-breathing bird as his new pet. He is also completely oblivious to that fact that the bird has taken on Mr. Ball as her egg. Hilarity ensues, as throughout, Mr. Ball attempts to train his pet. Finally, Mr. Ball's faithful friends come to his rescue.</div>