Monday, April 4, 2011

MMGM: HOW TO SAVE YOUR TAIL

I picked up this week's Marvelous Middle Grade because I thought it might appeal to my eight-year-old, and I was right. In HOW TO SAVE YOUR TAIL, by Mary Hanson, a rat named Bob tells stories to a couple of cats to keep them from eating him. He also feeds them cookies.

How to Save Your Tail: *if you are a rat nabbed by cats who really like stories about magic spoons, wolves with snout-warts, big, hairy chimney trolls . . . and cookies, too.

This one will appeal to younger and more reluctant readers, but my twelve-year-old and I also enjoyed it. Bob's fractured fairy tales feature his rat relatives as main characters and reminded me of Jon Scieszka's THE TRUE STORY OF THE 3 LITTLE PIGS! (one of the best fairy tale picture books ever). Almost every page made us giggle, and the cookie breaks between stories kept us wondering how Bob would outsmart the cats.   

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17 comments:

  1. Natalie AguirreApril 4, 2011 at 4:17 AM

    Sounds like a great book. Thanks.

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  2. BethApril 4, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    Sounds cute! Thanks for the review.

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  3. QApril 4, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Sounds like the Arabian Nights.

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  4. Shannon O'DonnellApril 4, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    My daughter would LOVE this! :-)

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  5. Myrna FosterApril 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Q, I had the same thought.

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  6. Susan AndersonApril 4, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    Such a cute cover and title, too.

    =)

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  7. AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    It looks so cute. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  8. Catherine DentonApril 4, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Forget my kids, this sounds like something I'd love! ;)
    My Blog

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  9. Joanne R. FritzApril 4, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    Looks and sounds like lots of fun. Great review, Myrna!

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  10. Sherrie PetersenApril 4, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    I love fractured fairy tales and that Jon Scieszka book is one of our favorites. We'll have to look for this TALE :)

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  11. Krista Van DolzerApril 4, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    I love THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS! This one sounds cute, too. And like you and Q, I thought Bob sounded like Scheherazade.

    Oh, and of course, any book with a character named Bob must be a good book:)

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  12. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    aww this sounds gorgeous :o) I love the fat ginger cat.

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  13. Lenny LeeApril 5, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    hi miss myrna! fractured fairytails are cool. this book sounds like it could maybe be a little young for me. but maybe i could like it.
    ...smiles from lenny

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  14. JackeeApril 5, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    I love fractured fairy tales and I love all the great recc's I'm getting from you for MG--I needed more!

    Have a great week! XO

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  15. Susan FieldsApril 7, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    That sounds great and super cute! Thanks for the review.

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  16. AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Hi Myrna, hot cross recipe is up :)

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  17. SarahApril 9, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    Sounds adorable :) I'll have to see if it's on our shelves...

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