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Maggie McGillicuddy's eye for trouble / written by Susan Hughes ; illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan.
Maggie uses her imagination in good fun to spot trouble around the neighborhood. But one day, her neighbor Charlie faces some real trouble and it is up to Maggie to act!
Record details
- ISBN: 1771382910
- ISBN: 9781771382915
- Physical Description: volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.95 |
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| Subject: | Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Imagination > Juvenile fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | STO JP Hughe | 31681020021317 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Maggie McGillicuddy and her young neighbor Charlie enjoy imagining dangers lurking throughout their quiet neighborhood, and it's all innocent fun until the day Charlie comes face to face with real trouble and Maggie must jump into action. - Grand Central Pub
Unlike her neighbors, Maggie McGillicuddy has an eye for trouble. And she spots it --- everywhere! Look, over there, a tiger lurking! And there, a snake slithering! (You don't see them? Well, no imagination, I guess.) And it's all good fun until her young neighbor Charlie comes face to face with some very real trouble, and Maggie must jump into action!Readers will have no trouble spotting the clever make-believe in this charmingly illustrated story about an unlikely friendship rooted in playful imagination. - Grand Central Pub
Unlike her neighbors, Maggie McGillicuddy has an eye for trouble. And while she's knitting on her porch swing, she manages to spot it --- everywhere! With the âtickety, tickety, tack!â of her knitting needles, the elderly Maggie scares off a prowling tiger! And with the âwhickety, whickety, whack!â of her walking stick, there goes a slithering snake! Of course, readers can see the tiger is really just a cat and the snake is only a tree root, so they'll be as delighted as Maggie when Charlie, the boy who just moved next door, seems to have an eye for trouble of his own!With wit and great charm, author Susan Hughes has created a playful story about friendship and the joys of an active imagination. She uses direct questions ---âYou see it there, don't you?â--- as hints to help children recognize what's imagined and what's actually there, expanding visual literacy. Brooke Kerrigan uses soft colors and quirky details to beautifully illustrate a child's cozy yet expansive world.Maggie McGillicuddy's Eye for Trouble will make a fun and involving read-aloud, as well as a starting point for talking about imagination. And when real trouble, in the form of a car coming down the road as Charlie is about to run into it, is spotted and averted, adults will find it a useful opportunity to discuss the difference between real and pretend danger with young readers.
