Those Are Not My Underpants!
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Someone lost their underpants! There, dangling from that tree branch! Are they YOURS? New York Times bestselling author/illustrator of Can I Be Your Dog?, Troy Cummings, brings to life Melissa Martin's gentle but hilarious read aloud, filled with silliness and gleeful anticipation of THE END.
One morning, Bear Cub wakes up and finds underwear hanging on a tree limb. Who could they belong to? Ever inquisitive, he sets out on a quest through the forest to find the tighty whities' rightful owner. Could the underpants belong to Squirrel? Moose? Snake, maybe? Salmon?! Each animal denies that the bloomers belong to them, but readers will surely be giggling every step on the way...especially when they find out who the underpants actually belong to.
Award-winning illustrator Troy Cummings delivers his signature warmth and humor to what could have been a very embarassing tail, er, I mean TALE, by author and child therapist Melissa Martin.
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When Bear Cub finds a pair of tighty-whities hanging on a tree limb, "No name. No tag, " he decides to find the owner. And that means readers get a comprehensive, played-straight-but-giggle-inducing tour of animal tushies, each one covered with an undergarment befitting anatomy, habitat requirements, or individual style. Snake wears "looooong" underwear that looks like a tube of red striped flannel; Bat's underwear glows in the dark of a deep cave; and Moose flashes a toothy grin when he shows off "EXTRA LARGE" red undershorts emblazoned with pink hearts. And the plain pair? Attentive readers will note that Bear Cub himself isn't wearing any underwear, and Mom—confusingly, not wearing any herself—gently reminds the ursine youth she washed and hung his pair on the tree limb the night before. Martin (Tessie Tames Her Tongue) builds in pleasing narrative rhythm through the repetition of Bear Cub's friendly interrogation ("Hi Moose. Are these your underpants?" "No... Those are not my underpants." "Are you sure?") that leads up to each undergarment's reveal, while Cummings's (the Notebook of Doom series) bold graphic pictures, reminiscent of vintage national park posters, create a colorful and benevolent world for Bear Cub and readers to explore together. Ages 3–7. Author's agent: Mary Cummings, Betsy Amster Literary.
