Margery Cuyler is the author of many books for children, including From Here to There, The Little Dump Truck, and the chapter book Weird Wolf. The idea for That's Good! That's Bad! came from a conversation with her son, Thomas, who asked, "Can't bad things change into good things?" Ms. Cuyler grew up in the oldest house in Princeton, NJ, and started writing stories as soon as she learned how to write. She now lives in the same house with her husband, sons and two cats.
"Cuyler's fanciful tale is energized by exclamations that beg to be read aloud. Catrow's witty cartoons paint the jungle in a humorous light and hilarioiusly depict the boy's alternating terror and relief. And that's good!" --Publisher's Weekly "This rollicking romp through the animal kingdom features vibrant, richly colored cartoon illustrations in a style that is reminiscent of Bill Peet's. It will keep children engaged from beginning to satisfying end. They'll beg for another reading." --School Library Journal "A surefire hit, the book amuses, delights, and frightens, all within the safe confines of the pages." --Booklist
PreS-Gr 1-- A young boy's parents give him a bright red balloon one day at the zoo. ``Oh, that's good,'' you might say. But no . . . that's bad , because he is whisked away into the sky--(that's good? no, that's bad!) and he falls into a prickly tree wherein the balloon pops. Surely, that's bad-- no, that's good because he is rescued from a muddy river by climbing onto the back of a giant hippo that carries him to shore. His adventures continue--for good or bad, or bad or good--until a stork that has picked him up returns him to his parents' arms. ``Oh, that's good. No, that's GREAT! '' This rollicking romp through the animal kingdom features vibrant, richly colored cartoon illustrations in a style that is reminiscent of Bill Peet's. It will keep children engaged from beginning to satisfying end. They'll beg for another reading, and--that's GOOD! --Mary Lou Budd, Milford South Elementary School, OH
"Cuyler's fanciful tale is energized by exclamations that beg to be read aloud. Catrow's witty cartoons paint the jungle in a humorous light and hilarioiusly depict the boy's alternating terror and relief. And that's good!" --Publisher's Weekly "This rollicking romp through the animal kingdom features vibrant, richly colored cartoon illustrations in a style that is reminiscent of Bill Peet's. It will keep children engaged from beginning to satisfying end. They'll beg for another reading." --School Library Journal "A surefire hit, the book amuses, delights, and frightens, all within the safe confines of the pages." --Booklist
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