The Spaghetti-Slurping Sewer Serpent
Sammy's left to investigate alone and comes up with a brilliant idea. Late that night, he sneaks out of the house with a salty snack for himself and a bowl of spaghetti for the serpent. But he falls asleep, and the huge serpent slithers up to the scrumptious spaghetti. Slurping sounds startle Sammy awake; he's face-to-face with the monster. There's just one thing to do: Sammy' salty snack earns him a friend for life. Zenz's illustrations, in Prismacolor colored pencil, look generic, but Ripes' yarn has pace and phonetic crackle.
What Sammy finds is a surprise in this tongue twisting mystery featuring the slippery letter S. The bright, fun artwork was created in colored pencil. Kindle Edition , 32 pages. Published May 8th by Two Lions first published April 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Is this a good book to read to my Grandmother? Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Perfect for a mythical creatures storytime.
Definitely a tongue twister to read aloud. Sammy is determined to find the Sewer Serpent. He finally does and agrees to keep him a secret. Illustrations are colorful and help bring the text to life. Aug 04, Victoria rated it it was amazing Shelves: Mar 30, D. Price rated it it was amazing Shelves: Aaron Zenz visited my son's school. The author left a fantastic impression on my boys' mind. He enjoyed Aaron and his books!
We both loved the book! It is fun, easy read and the illustrations are incredible! I am a new fan of Aaron Zenz! This has made the list of my favorite childrens books at least the ones i have read to my son it was cute and a fun book to read, he even got in on it with me and helped me read it.
Definitely one i would recommend! Dec 28, Kristina Walker rated it it was amazing. Stupendous A silly story that will warm your heart and tangle your tongue. A perfect book for someone who is struggling with speech and the "s" sound. Can't wait to work on sounds with my preschooler using this story.
May 03, Felicia rated it it was amazing Shelves: My daughter thinks Susan would have been a better name than Sally. I sure hope that there isn't something living in my sewer. Slipping up while speaking all in S words seems to be a common situation. I am diggin' the red serpent. Not many colors begin with s so you couldn't use alliteration in that sense. Goodness I feel like these are a bunch of loose thoughts strung together.
By the way I love how you guys learn and remember terms from post to post. The illustration with the photos and dates reminds me a bit of The Diary of a Worm. Such a sweet and surely memorable book for moms, dad and little ones. I would be surprised if this book was not a hit for such a long long time. The letter S is such a hard sound to make when your front took is missing and the S seems to have been lost too!
This is a book which every child will cherish and want to read over and over again! Thanks to everyone for the great comments! I hope you all get a chance to see the book soon: The number generator on Random.
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Laura Ripes and I will get your goodies to you soon! That is what happens when I have been out of the blogging loop! I am sooo sad to have missed this! Congratulations to the winners- Alyssa and her friend! I have to add this to my list of your books to buy! Such a super story and it's no surprise that I Love the illustrations of it shown here! And another great interview! Monday, April 9, Interview I'm happy to announce the release of Laura Ripes' debut children's book: I fell in love with the story the moment I read it, and then was given the extreme privilege of bringing that story to life with illustrations.
To celebrate the book's arrival, the kids and I invited Mrs. Ripes to chat with us over Skype.
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It's the first time author and illustrator have actually met, and the kids had some great questions for her. Thanks to Gracie for the portrait of Mrs. So Sammy is trying to solve the mystery.
He knows there is a serpent because he's got all those clues. Sammy has photographs of all the evidence he's collected. Meatballs and sauce splatters And Dad labeled all the photos with our birthdays! I got a noodle! I got a noodle for my birthday! Snakes shed their skin when they grow. All their old skin peels off. That's still as gross as mold.
THE SPAGHETTI-SLURPING SEWER SERPENT by Laura Ripes , Aaron Zenz | Kirkus Reviews
What is the really cool thing about this book? It's a super "S" book. It has tons of S's. On every page there are at least 10 S's. Like "Sammy's sister Sally. And his friends "Scott Sullivan and Steve Strauss. It tricks your tongue sometimes. It makes your lips slip.
The Spaghetti-Slurping Sewer Serpent
We should count how many S's are in this book. I'm always very aware of every "S" I say after I'm done reading this book. If you don't like the letter S, you should burn this book alive. But if you do like the letter S, then you should read it to all your kids and elect it for president. His glasses are hilarious.
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His glasses look like big spotlights coming out of his head. Sammy has super silly spotlight spectacles. This book is so fun. When I first saw the manuscript, I thought it was one of the most fun stories I'd ever read. You love drawing dragons. Did you know this is Mrs. She is starting off swell. And now for the interview!
It's nice to meet you! It's so nice to meet all of you - to see you in person. Congratulations on your first book! Well thank-you very much. I'm very excited about it! Congratulations to you too, Aaron. What was the starting point? Were you wanting to write about S's? Or did you start with the characters? Or did the plot come first? Wanting to write a tongue-twister story came first. We used to go to a park by our house, and there was this big, huuuuge sewer opening.
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You wouldn't see them nowadays because they don't make them like that anymore. But it was big I grew up with all boys -- brothers, cousins -- I was the only girl. And they used to always tease me and say something lived in the sewer.
And I SO believed them. There would always be sounds, and I'd be like, "Something's IN there!!! Is writing your full-time job?
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