Higgins Bend Song and Dance

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Book Overview

Simon Henry is all business - fish business. He claims he can catch anything that swims, crawls, or floats. But when a wily old bait-stealing catfish named Oscar moves into the deep hole by Higgins... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395675839
• ISBN13: 9780395675830
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Great Read

My 7 year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this together, taking in the water color illustrations and watching Oscar, the fish,transform Simon, the fisherman.

Hang up your sign...Gone Fishin!

Will Simon Henry catch the legend of Higgins Bend, Oscar, the sneaky catfish? No one ever has...but Simon is determined. Get this book and find out! This great book is brought to you by two of Kansas's finest, author Jackie Briggs Martin and illustrator, Brad Sneed. The story is the perfect length (each page is one or two paragraphs, tops) and the illustrations bring joy and energy to this classic tale of the one that got away...or did he? Your children will ask for this one over and over!

AN ORIGINAL TALL TALE, UPROARIOUSLY TOLD

This book is written to be READ ALOUD! The music of the language, the surprise of unlikely phrases crafted with the liberal use of hyphenation, the authentic voice, and the lively story are everything a tall tale should be! Martin has three irresistible characters here - Simon Henry, Potato Kelly, and Oscar, the uncatchable catfish. Sneed's wildly exaggerated paintings do perfect justice to this joyride of a story!