Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Polly Dunbar. New York: Clarion Books, 2009.
Nominated for the Primary grades 2012 NYSRA Charlotte Award
Author’s website: http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/margaretmahy/
Biographical Information: http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/mahym.html#Top
Interview with the author: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6696746.html
Reaction to her award in Boston Globe-Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/2010/jan10_mahy.asp
Illustrator’s website: www.pollydunbar.com
Reaction to Boston Globe-Horn Book award: http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/2010/jan10_dunbar.asp
Publisher’s website: www.clarionbooks.com
Reviews:
School Library Journal: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6654851.html?q=farley+follows+his+nose
Book Aunt: http://bookaunt.blogspot.com/2009/04/review-of-bubble-trouble-by-margaret.html
http://www.sonderbooks.com/Picture_Books/bubble_trouble.html
Lesson Ideas:
- Write tongue twisters
- Blow bubbles
- Stop the story midway through and ask children to write their solution to the bubble dilemma
- Word families and rhymes
