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May 16, 2013 | ISBN 9780698157392 | 6-8 years Buy
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May 16, 2013 | ISBN 9780698157392 | 6-8 years
Agapanthus Hum is a whirlwind. She hums, she cartwheels, and she is always running around. Now that Agapanthus has eyeglasses, her parents want her to be careful. Agapanthus tries to slow down; she even wears a bag on her head so her glasses won’t get lost, but more often then not, her glasses go flying. What do grown-up acrobats do with their eyeglasses? Agapanthus’s parents bring her to a performance so that she can find out.
Joy Cowley is a language and reading specialist who has written over 500 books for early readers. She lives in New Zealand.
Agapanthus Hum, the altogether winning heroine of Cowley’s (Mrs. Wishy Washy) spunky chapter book, has an exuberance befitting her name: "she was called Hum because she was such a whizzer, humming and whizzing like a button on a string." Her rushing, twirling and cartwheeling, however, sometimes results in minor accidents and often spells trouble for her eyeglasses, which fall off and get bent and twisted. Though they warn her to be cautious, Agapanthus’s parents encourage their daughter’s acrobatics and also treat her to a trip to the circus, where Agapanthus is in awe of the trapeze artist ("I am going to do that," she announces). Cowley’s tale features playful language, characters that have their quirks yet stay believable, and a fun-to-read pace that is sure to keep beginning readers entertained as well as a bit challenged. Plecas (Rattlebone Rock) plays up the text’s sweet-natured humor with her springy-limbed heroine, who indeed looks as if she can barely contain her energy; and with the introduction of a busy little dog, a constant companion that is Agapanthus’s equal when it comes to childlike glee. Ages 5-8. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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