Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants

by Tammi Sauer, Dave Mottram (Illustrator)

Overview

Wordy Birdy and her pals are back, in a hilarious new story with a truly ridiculous villain—from beloved author Tammi Sauer.

Wordy Birdy and her pals are heading on a camping trip, and our favorite chatty bird is all ready for a big night under the stars. ("I brought pickles and bean burritos and more pickles and mashed potatoes and some pickles and . . .") But the friends soon find themselves in hot water when the dastardly Mr. Cougarpants stalks their campsite. Can Wordy Birdy talk them all out of this pickle? Grab your pack, grill up a s'more, and find out!

Author Tammi Sauer (Chicken Dance, Nugget & Fang) will keep young readers and their parents giggling with this funny, chatty, boisterous adventure about the importance of listening AND the importance of speaking up for your friends!

An ILA-CBC Children's Choice Book!

Praise for Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants:

"everyone can share a laugh."—Kirkus

"Interspersing the narrative text with plenty of speech balloons and occasional questions for the audience, Sauer creates a story that’s fun for reading aloud to young children."—Booklist

Praise for Wordy Birdy:

“laugh-out-loud funny . . . caregivers will certainly find this chuckleworthy.”—Kirkus

"amusing and entertaining"—School Library Journal

"an entertaining approach to the topic of listening."—Booklist

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593303436
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/28/2020
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,116,020
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

TAMMI SAUER is a full-time children's book author who presents at schools and conferences across the nation. She is the author of numerous picture books, including Wordy Birdy, Cowboy Camp, Chicken Dance, Nugget & Fang, and Mary Had a Little Glam. In addition to winning awards, Tammi's books have gone on to do great things: Chicken Dance: The Musical is currently on a national tour, and Your Alien, an NPR Best Book of 2015, has been published in Italian, Spanish, Korean, and French. Tammi and her family live in Edmond, Oklahoma. Visit Tammi online at tammisauer.com and follow her on Twitter at @SauerTammi.

DAVE MOTTRAM is a designer and illustrator working in Ohio. He has illustrated Wordy Birdy, Emergency Kittens!, Race Car Dreams, Mighty Tug, and Oy Vey! Life in a Shoe. To learn more about Dave's work, visit him at davemottram.com and follow him on Instagram at @dmott70.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Wordy Birdy Meets Mr. Cougarpants:

"everyone can share a laugh."—Kirkus

"Interspersing the narrative text with plenty of speech balloons and occasional questions for the audience, Sauer creates a story that’s fun for reading aloud to young children."—Booklist 

Praise for Wordy Birdy:

“laugh-out-loud funny . . . caregivers will certainly find this chuckleworthy.”—Kirkus

"amusing and entertaining"—School Library Journal

"an entertaining approach to the topic of listening."—Booklist

From the Publisher

2018-10-16

Wordy Birdy clearly didn't learn to keep her mouth shut from her last misadventure (Wordy Birdy, 2017), but at least this time her talking is an asset instead of a liability.

Well, in the end it is. But at the start of a camping trip with her three loyal friends she is a bit tough to take. The logorrheic bird spews dialogue balloons that fill up the pages, listing rhyming words, delivering plot spoilers, and extolling her love for almost everything under the sun. Happily, Sauer once again breaks the fourth wall with these friends, having them respond snarkily to the narrator's comments in direct address to readers: "Wordy Birdy is a little chatty," explains the narrator. The squirrel responds, "A LITTLE chatty?" while the raccoon demands, "Seriously?!" Their droll expressions steal the scenes, especially when juxtaposed against Wordy Birdy's rather empty-headed look. It's the narrator who alerts the foursome to the hungry cougar's presence, though observant readers will have noticed clues. While her three friends panic, Wordy Birdy does what comes naturally: "Just so you know, Mr. Cougarpants, rabbits taste terrible…[and] I'm too adorable to eat…." Those ellipses represent a lot of words. In fact, it's so much, the cougar runs off. "All I wanted was a nice, quiet dinner."

Loquacious little ones may well not see themselves, but everyone can share a laugh. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews