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1. This Day in History - June 16
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By: Sondra Santos LaBrie, on 6/16/2008
Blog: Happy Healthy Hip Parenting (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  this day in history, Mark David, crazy cars, roller coaster, Add a tag

Courtesy of History:

On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride.
Mark David, author and illustrator of Crazy Cars created an original coaster of his own: The RollerRoadster.


The RollerRoadster turns a boring trip to the store into a hair-raising ride of twists, loops and gut-wrenching turns. Your friends will be so keen to get a ride home you'll be able to sell tickets! You'll wonder why all cars don't come equipped with a rollercoaster.
Also featured in this wacky collection of original state-of-the-art vehicles of the future, is the Velocitree, Chefrolet, Spiderwagon, and - my favorite - the Luxury Resortster.

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2. POETRY FRIDAY It's a small, squeezable world after all
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By: Anne Boles Levy, on 11/30/2007
Blog: Book Buds KidLit Review (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  2-4 and older, Rhyme Time, ~Poetry Friday~, Animal Characters, Celebrity Authors, Patrick McDonnell, Serialized Characters, hug time, Jules, Mutts, Add a tag

Hug Time
by Patrick McDonnell

Little, Brown

My husband is a huge Mutts fan and wouldn't let me pan a book of McDonnell's even if he were capable of writing a bad one. Though this one leans a tad toward the pedestrian, if I can avoid getting shot at for saying so. Still, if I could say as much in so little space,  I'd bottle his talent, sell stock in it, and retire to my own island.

So Hug Time doesn't rate with my all-time favorite of his, The Gift of Nothing, but it's a fine little book about dispensing full-frontal, no-holds-barred hugs. I don't know all the Mutts characters (being a relative newcomer to the McDonnell orbit), but a little kitty named Jules sets off on a round-the-world trip wearing a favorite sweater and carrying a hug-to-do list.

In rhyming quattrains, he meets up with a variety of animals, more than a few on the endangered list, and gives 'em a big ol' squeeze:

Exploring the rain forest by foot and canoe,
Jules discovered a species brand-new.
Kneeling, he whispered, "We welcome you."
Off to India--with its tigers so few,
Finding one is hard to do.

Okay, so there are better rhymers out there, and McDonnell isn't above some blatant sentimentality, especially considering his famed fondness for animals (he's on the board of directors of The Humane Society of the United States, among other accomplishments).

There's no real plot here--no conflict or mounting drama or discernible character arc. Still, 'tis the season for such things, and you could do worse than put a hug in someone's stocking.

Rating: *\*\

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