Coconut Comes to School - Hardcover

Doherty, Berlie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007104332 ISBN 13: 9780007104338

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2003

Synopsis

Coconut Comes to School [Feb 03, 2003] Doherty, Berlie and Bates, Ivan

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Review:

"Coconut the donkey walks to school every day with jovial Mrs. Pie, who works in the kitchen. The children look forward to seeing Coconut, but their teacher, Mr. Clapper, tries to shoo him away. One day, he offers Coconut carrots to lure him into the woods. When Mr. Clapper tumbles into a ditch, Coconut proves his worth and befriends his former detractor. With nice pacing, precise word choice, and a well-cadenced text, the story is a natural for reading aloud...and there's nothing old-fashioned about the multicultural classroom depicted in lively, genial pictures...which portray the children, adults, and donkey with warmth and good humor."

Synopsis:

Coconut comes to school every day. HEE-HAW! Coconut canters across the school meadow. Her hooves go TRIT TROT! Her ears go FLIP FLOP, FLIP FLOP! Her tail goes SWISH as she flicks at the flies. "Coconut's here!" the children laugh. The children love Coconut but Mr Clapper the teacher doesn't love her -- he doesn't love her one bit, "Go away Coconut! Go back home! Donkey's can't come to school!" he shouts. The next day Mr Clapper brings a bag of carrots to school for he has a plan to make Coconut go away. But when Mr Clapper finds himself in trouble, he just might have to change his mind about Coconut...

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0007104332
• ISBN 13: 9780007104338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bates Ivan