[BOOK REVIEW] The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble

Title:  The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Author:  Trinka Hakes Noble

Artist:  Steven Kellogg

Genre: Humor / Animals / School / Field Trip / Farm

 
Year Published: 1980

Year Read:  2010

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers

Series: Jimmy's Boa #1

Source:  Library

Content Rating:  Ages 4+ (Nothing Objectionable)

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 “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” is a truly hilarious story from the creative mind of Trinka Hakes Noble along with illustrations by Steven Kellogg and it is about a girl’s wild adventures at the field trip to the farm.  “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” is definitely one of the most memorable books about farm adventures ever written that many children will enjoy for years!

Trinka Hakes Noble has done an excellent job at writing this story as it details a girl’s adventures at the farm.  Trinka Hakes Noble writes the story in a creative and hilarious way as the book’s narration is set up as a dialogue between the girl and her mother, which helps children see the close interaction between the girl and her mother and seeing the story from their perspective instead of through a third person point of view meaning that there is an actual narrator narrating this story.  Trinka Hakes Noble’s writing is also hilarious as the girl details her adventures at the farm in a cause and effect fashion as each catastrophic event leads to another.  Steven Kellogg’s illustrations are both hilarious and beautiful at the same time as the children always have a smile on their faces and the antics that are caused by the realease of Jimmy’s pet boa constrictor is drawn in a chaotic way as the children and the teacher have wild looking hair and wild expressions as a peaceful trip to the farm takes a turn for the worse.

“The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” is a brilliant and hilarious book for children who enjoy reading about the farm and love crazy adventures and will be a favorite among many children for years.  I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate about this book.

* 1987 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award

  

[BOOK REVIEW] Meanwhile Back at the Ranch by Trinka Hakes Noble

Title:  Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

Author: Trinka Hakes Noble

Artist:  Tony Ross

Genre:  Family / Humor / Country

Year Published: 1987

Year Read:  2010

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers

Source:  Library

Content Rating:  Ages 4+  (Nothing Objectionable)

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I actually first saw this book on an episode of “Reading Rainbow” and I have instantly started to love this book!  “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch” is a hilarious book written by Trinka Hakes Noble along with illustrations by Tony Ross and it is about how Rancher Hicks goes down to Sleepy Gulch to see what is happening, while his wife Elna has wild adventures on the ranch.  “Meanwhile Back at the Ranch” is a truly hilarious book that children will enjoy for many years!

Trinka Hakes Noble has done it again as she tells the story of how a couple have different adventures while they are away from each other.  Trinka Hakes Noble makes this story creative and hilarious at the same time as the story is set up from two different perspectives of the couples as Rancher Hicks’ side of the story is always boring and repetitive while Elna’s side of the story is full of excitement and children will easily love the two sided story setup.  Tony Ross’ illustrations are hilarious and surreal as the characters are drawn crudely as they have long skinny legs and odd shaped heads and even though the illustrations look a little dreary, the events that took place in this book make the illustrations more hilarious than dark.

“Meanwhile Back at the Ranch” is an extremely creative and hilarious book about two different perspectives on the lavish life and the boring life and children will love the hilarious adventures of these two couples.  I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.

* 1990 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
* 1991 Grand Canyon Reader Award