The Great Fuzz Frenzy

Picture books must be truly intelligent, creative and entertaining to amuse my second and third grade class. This one was the biggest winner of the year with my students! They laughed UPROARIOUSLY at every detailed picture and continued to talk about it well after the story was over. It's great for Read Aloud because it gives parents/teachers the opportunity to "ham up" the voices of the prairie dogs. The content is appropriate for younger students, but the humor keeps elementary school kids riveted! Fun for adults, too!

This book is vey special as it is very different from the hundreds of children's book I own. The little creatures are lovable!!Children at my preschool laugh right out loud over this story and it lends itself very well to unique art projects.

Kids ages 3-7 will relish The Great Fuzz Frenzy, a fun story of prairie dogs in trouble when a really fuzzy, round object tumbles into their town. Fold-out pages may make for less durable library lending, but enhance the fun story of prairie dogs who face the fuzz with courage: parents will find this a winner, especially for read-alouds.

A pet dog drops a tennis ball into a prairie dog hole. What must the colony inhabitants think of it? What, if anything, would they do with it? In this case, the incident stirs up "The Great Fuzz Frenzy." When a bit of the ball's green fuzz adorns one prairie dog's head, all of the other animals grow envious and must have some fuzz for themselves. The excitement almost spells doom for the loudest resident, Big Bark; for in his preoccupation with green, he forgets to do his job and look out for danger. Tragedy is averted and the fuzz turns out to accidentally save him, and a lesson is learned. No one needs fuzz anymore. Or do they? This amusing anecdote is accompanied by thoroughly enjoyable illustrations. Every page of this book -- including the end papers and the title and dedication pages -- carries a drawing that is part of the story. Several pages open up to reveal even more details of the prairie dog tunnel system. "The Great Fuzz Frenzy" is told and drawn by sisters who are obviously familiar with the aging process of the typical tennis ball. The only thing missing is the inevitable drenching of doggie slobber that usually coats a well-used canine toy. Great fun for readers of all ages!