The Big Show
T. A. Kuepper, Brett Bednorz
Paperback
(TK Enterprises, Aug. 1, 2018)
The Big Show takes children to a beautiful garden where adynamic group of vegetables lives with their engaging leader, Archie Artichoke.In this adventure, Archie and his friends want to help anearby family of squirrels gather acorns because the squirrels have been busycaring for their sick child, and unable to collect enough acorns to get themthrough the winter. The veggies work together and put on a show that willcollect the needed acorns. The story chronicles the vegetables' creativeprocess as they develop the show's unique songs, dance, juggling and trainedworm acts. This illustrated chapter book contains a variety of child-friendlyrhymes, jokes, and songs. Besides being fun to read, The Big Show is designed toteach children about: Accomplishing a difficult task and solving problems;Working with others to achieve a common goal;Creativity and crafting something completely new;Caring, helping others, friendship; andThe names of many important vegetables!The book contains many beautiful illustrations to enhanceits narrative.The Big Show is the first illustrated book in theAdventures of Archie Artichoke series of stories written about a remarkablegarden of vegetables. Because the book is relatively long for a young children'sstory, it is formatted as a chapter book and divided into an introduction andthirteen chapters that are designed to be read over multiple days/nights. Theage group for the Adventures of Archie Artichoke series is between three andnine years old. The narrative is designed to be read to a child, but thirdgrade children will delight in reading the books on their own.More information about the Archie Artichoke series, as wellas audio of Archie's songs, can be found on ArchieArtichoke.com. Illustrationsof the vegetable character s, suitable for coloring, can be downloaded from thewebsite.Summary - Archie and his vegetable friends have a problemto solve - to help a squirrel family caring for their sick child. The veggieswrite and sing rhyming songs, compose music; create dances, and practicejuggling and other entertaining acts to put on a show that's fun for all. These colorfully illustrated chapter books are donated tochildren's hospitals.
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