Books with title Splash

As fresh and sparkling as a mountain stream, Splish Splash invites young readers to plunge into the pleasures of concrete poetry, to have fun with words and ideas, and to see and appreciate the shapes of language and of everyday things. 71 Top Books of the Century (Nonfiction), Instructor magazine A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A National Council of Teachers of English Notable Children's Book in the Langauge Arts A Children's Book of the Year, Child Study Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College New York Public Library "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" Great Stone Face Book Award Nominee, New Hampshire A Kansas State Reading Circle Selection "Children's Books Mean Business," ABA-CBC Exhibit California Collection '97, '98, '99, and 2000

Young Fiona loves to play outside. She rolls down the hills, plays leapfrog with bushes – and falls right into the middle of one – then joins a baseball game with the gang and finishes with a game of leaf tag. Of course, while engaging in all of these activities, she tends to get very dirty indeed – and the one thing she dislikes most in the world is taking a bath! Every time her grandmother tries to coax her into a bath, she runs away and hides in the gully where Grandma can’t find her. Finally one day Grandma is successful at catching up with Fiona and takes her home to a big surprise – a tub full of bubbles, and Fiona soon discovers that taking a bubble bath is just as much fun as getting dirty!