Bartholomew and the Oobleck: (Caldecott Honor Book)Join Bartholomew Cubbins in Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book about a king’s magical mishap! Bored with rain, sunshine, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. What he gets is a storm of sticky green goo called Oobleck—which soon wreaks havock all over his kingdom! But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the king (along with young readers) learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the stickiest problems. |
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awfully back inside Bartholo Bartholomew gasped Bartholomew ran bedchamber began to shine bell ringer bell rope big as greenish blobs Blow my secret brand-new Burn Captain cians cried door dreadful duffle four things Frightened getting stuck Go high gooey green things growled gulped harder high bell tower holiday bell keep on falling King proclaimed King spoke King's Kingdom of Didd laughed leck little greenish little Kingdom look lords and ladies magi magic smoke magic words magicians Majesty mightiest mighty muff muzzle Mystic Mountain Neeka-tave night long Old King Derwin oobleck page boy palace Plop raced Bartholomew Cubbins rain royal bell royal trumpeter royal whiskers say I'm sorry secret whistle shake shouted Bartholomew Shuffle simple words Sire sleep smaller and smaller smiled snow started Stop stuff suddenly sunshine tell tholomew throne room tongue trumpeter's walls as big warn What's wrong window yanked