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The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Jimmy's Boa #1)
It starts off as an ordinary class trip to the farm - boring, kind of dull. But before very long, chaos takes over as one zany incident leads to another, even zanier, one. Soon the entire farm is uproariously out of control.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
October 9th 1992
by Puffin
(first published January 1st 1980)
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A little girl tells her mother that the school field trip to the farm was pretty boring, until the cow started crying, that crying cow unfolds the rest of the story leading to the escape of the boy’s boa snake and the havoc it created. Pigs crawled unto the bus to eat the kids lunches, because they didn’t have any corn, the kids had thrown it in a game, the boy takes his snake into the hen house to introduce it the chickens and while the chickens are scrambling for cover one lays an egg on anoth...more
“The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” is a truly hilarious story from the creative mind of Trinka Hakes Noble along with illustrations by Steven Kellogg and it is about a girl’s wild adventures at the field trip to the farm. “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” is definitely one of the most memorable books about farm adventures ever written that many children will enjoy for years!
Trinka Hakes Noble has done an excellent job at writing this story as it details a girl’s adventures at the farm. Trinka H...more
Trinka Hakes Noble has done an excellent job at writing this story as it details a girl’s adventures at the farm. Trinka H...more
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I read this out loud to my students and some didn't quite get the joke. However, I often stopped reading as I couldn't stop giggling.
The story is told in flashback by a young girl who telling her mother about their field trip to the farm. For some reason, Jimmy felt the need to bring his boa constrictor. This "little" event leads to a chain reaction that results in Jimmy leaving behind his snake and bringing home a pig.
My older students cracked up, my younger students seemed puzzled and wiggled...more
The story is told in flashback by a young girl who telling her mother about their field trip to the farm. For some reason, Jimmy felt the need to bring his boa constrictor. This "little" event leads to a chain reaction that results in Jimmy leaving behind his snake and bringing home a pig.
My older students cracked up, my younger students seemed puzzled and wiggled...more
I enjoyed The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, I thought it was hilarious and outlandish. The little girl tells her mother that the trip to the farm was boring, until the cow started crying and from then on it was chaos. The funny part to me about this whole book is that the little girl telling the story is so nonshalant the whole book! This story has lots of imagination and I would recommend telling it to your class.
Learning Experience: Lets think about cause and effect, what would most likely hap...more
Learning Experience: Lets think about cause and effect, what would most likely hap...more
Written By: Trinka Hakes Nobel
Illustrated By: Steven Kellogg
Book Type: Fables
The story “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate The Wash” is about a girl. She tells her mother about a class trip to a farm she had been to earlier that day. She told her mother about a series of events that occured during the trip. As the mother questions her daughter about the trip, the daughter she said that without the teacher’s knowledge, Jimmy brought his pet boa constrictor along on the class trip. The events get sillier a...more
Illustrated By: Steven Kellogg
Book Type: Fables
The story “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate The Wash” is about a girl. She tells her mother about a class trip to a farm she had been to earlier that day. She told her mother about a series of events that occured during the trip. As the mother questions her daughter about the trip, the daughter she said that without the teacher’s knowledge, Jimmy brought his pet boa constrictor along on the class trip. The events get sillier a...more
This book was an ordinary trip, but a young girls tells her mama what happen on the field trip. The mother was totally totally surprised what all happen in the field trip to a farm. A fantastic, funny, engaging book. It helps that preschool children to alert to what will happen next. The children had a fights, brought a long and huge snake to the farm. The children throw corn a cob to each other. She brought a snake in the farm, but the girl brought a home a pet pig.
Learning Experience: The tea...more
Learning Experience: The tea...more
Review: The dialogue is between a girl and her mother. This helps children see the story through a third person point of view. This is a hilarious book in which the little girl shares her adventure at the farm in a cause and effect, where each event leads to another. The illustrations in this book make the story even better. Children have to use their imagination for this book.
Learning Experience: This is a good book to teach children about cause and effect. For this book we will do a cause and...more
Learning Experience: This is a good book to teach children about cause and effect. For this book we will do a cause and...more
Quite the day at the farm for a class trip. There is throwing of eggs and corn. Then the farmer is yelling at the pigs to get off of the bus and runs into a haystack which in turn falls on a cow. Then the farmer's wife starts to scream and all the children pack up the bus and leave. And what started all of this it was Jimmy's boa constrictor that ended up getting left at the farm. What do you think happened to the boa? Children from preshcool through 3rd grade would enjoy this book being read to...more
Oct 15, 2011
Relyn
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
teachers, parents, kids
Recommended to Relyn by:
Peggy Auvil, teacher extraordinaire
Shelves:
lawsonland
I love, love, love this book! I can not say enough good about it. It's perfect for second graders - so engaging, so funny. I am sure it would be that way for lots of grades, but I happen to teach second. I used it to teach predicting with my kids. You know, good readers predict all the time. And, when they find out their prediction wasn't correct, they take what they've learned and make a new prediction. This book is PERFECT for that, especially the second mini-lesson. No one, and I do mean, no...more
Main Characters:
Point of View: 1st person
Setting: Animal farm
This is one of my childhood favorites. The book recounts the story of one of the most epic fieldtrips ever! A simple trip to the petting zoo turned into a series of unfortunate events involving a boa constrictor, egg fight, a crying cow, unruly pigs, bothered chickens and a fustrated farmer. I recommend this boof for classroom libraries as the children are sure to be entertained by the madness that ensues on this trip. I only wish at...more
Point of View: 1st person
Setting: Animal farm
This is one of my childhood favorites. The book recounts the story of one of the most epic fieldtrips ever! A simple trip to the petting zoo turned into a series of unfortunate events involving a boa constrictor, egg fight, a crying cow, unruly pigs, bothered chickens and a fustrated farmer. I recommend this boof for classroom libraries as the children are sure to be entertained by the madness that ensues on this trip. I only wish at...more
The binding on my book says it all. As the story of a class field trip unfolds, unexpected events occur. Children love the "over-the-top" and humorous events that occur throughout the day. During a read aloud, the detailed pictures can be used for a picture walk prior to reading the story. The facial expressions in the illustrations are so realistic, you can imagine what each person and even animal is thinking. The question and answer layout of the text provides great opportunity for paired read...more
THIS IS A GOOD 'UN!
I very much enjoyed this book and would really use it when introducing a class pet. The story of how a little girl goes to the zoo and all sorts of craziness just ensues from there. It is a vibrant and colorful book filled with lots of fun that children will enjoy.
Lesson: What I would do is after reading the book, make a chart with the children and have them put down different class pet ideas and what kinds of supplies would be needed as well as what kinds of maintenance to do to take care of th...more
Lesson: What I would do is after reading the book, make a chart with the children and have them put down different class pet ideas and what kinds of supplies would be needed as well as what kinds of maintenance to do to take care of th...more
Aug 20, 2012
S. J.
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
EVERYONE
Recommended to S. by:
Reading Rainbow
I LOVED THIS BOOK! I must have read this thing a million times. Even in middle and high school, I'd pull it off the shelf and quickly read through it. I haven't been able to find my copy as some of my books have been packed away, but I still think fondly of this often. I was first introduced to this book through Reading Rainbow, and quickly checked it out of the library. The characters, the unbelievable situations, the quirky illustrations; they all combine to create a humorous little story that...more
While this is an absolutely hilarious book, I think one can get more out of it reading it on their own than from the Reading Rainbow episode. So much is happening in every picture that you miss if you don't go at your own speed.
4/15/10 This was a quick addition when I realized on Tuesday that I needed another book to fill-in. I figured it would be great since it worked so well on Reading Rainbow! And it did. My Thursday group was smaller than Tuesday, but each one enjoyed the story. I know they...more
4/15/10 This was a quick addition when I realized on Tuesday that I needed another book to fill-in. I figured it would be great since it worked so well on Reading Rainbow! And it did. My Thursday group was smaller than Tuesday, but each one enjoyed the story. I know they...more
For every parent who's ever asked, "what did you do at school today" and every kid who's ever replied, "nothing... it was boring" -- this is the read-aloud for you. Written entirely in dialogue, this is the story of a class trip to the farm gone horribly wrong, as told by the world's most blase elementary schooler. Stephen Kellogg's detailed illustrations make the text even sillier -- make sure to take time to notice and show them.
This book was sort of silly, because they left in such a hurry from the farm, that one of the pigs didn't get off the bus. And Jimmy left his boa constrictor there, but now he has a pet pig.
It was so funny, because in the picture when they're riding home, the teacher holds her nose while staring at the pig and the driver of the school bus just stares out the window, like saddish and puzzled.
I liked this book a lot.
It was so funny, because in the picture when they're riding home, the teacher holds her nose while staring at the pig and the driver of the school bus just stares out the window, like saddish and puzzled.
I liked this book a lot.
This is one of the first Steven Kellog-illustrated books I read, and it's still cute as ever! Love the color and details of the illustrations, and the story is a fun one. Since children can relate to animals and field trips, there's something for everyone.
When Steven Kellogg did a reading and book signing in Greensboro, I bought a copy of this one for my home shelves, and got it signed. It's a keeper.
When Steven Kellogg did a reading and book signing in Greensboro, I bought a copy of this one for my home shelves, and got it signed. It's a keeper.
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash is a cause and effect story about a field trip to the farm. Children will find it humorous as well as adults. I remember loving it when I was in elementary school. Teacher should read this when discussing or introducing cause in effect. For example a teacher could ask why did the pigs eat the children’s lunches? This is a great read aloud. :)
Jimmy brought his pet boa to the class field trip to the farm. I liked as the mother talked to the class about the field trip the child was doing everything else in the background like changing clothes and eating. I would have my students write about what they think will happen if jimmy brought a different animal to the farm intead of a boa. What do you think will happen?
A Book about a very different field trip to the farm.
Throwing Eggs,Corn, Pigs eating the children's lunch,and a pet boa eating the wash.
The trip was boring, kind a dull…… until this cow cried.
A haystack fell over on him, thanks to the farmer.
He was on his tractor yelling at the pigs to get off the bus,
then he ran into the haystack,which fell on the cow.
Very Funny.
Throwing Eggs,Corn, Pigs eating the children's lunch,and a pet boa eating the wash.
The trip was boring, kind a dull…… until this cow cried.
A haystack fell over on him, thanks to the farmer.
He was on his tractor yelling at the pigs to get off the bus,
then he ran into the haystack,which fell on the cow.
Very Funny.
Steven Kellogg is one of my favorite children's book illustrators, and this book is an example of why he's so great. The child-narrator leaves relates this madcap adventure in a dry and abbreviated manner, but the illustrations show just how much mayhem could have accompanied the incident. Make sure you read the entire Jimmy's Boa canon to get more of this combination!
I love this book! I think its so great to hear how her boring day actually went, once she starts to recall the events of the day she realizes how wild and crazy it was. Children also love to hear this story and follow the crazy events of the boa and the farm. I think this could be a great book to introduce the concept of sequencing. One of my favorite fun reads.
A field trip to a farm goes hilariously awry when Jimmy brings his pet boa constrictor into the hen house. I love the way the story is told in reverse as a mother quizzes her daughter about the events of the day. Good potential as a 'mentor text' for young writers - I could imagine students writing their own tales using this backwards cause and effect structure.
Well, I suppose my children (7yo and 4yo) will buck the trend of most of the reviews for this book: they didn't really like the book. They thought the egg fight was a bit funny but otherwise they thought it was dull. They also didn't care for the style in which this book is written. It seemed flat.
This will be one book we won't be reading again.
This will be one book we won't be reading again.
Experience a trip to the farm like never before. As the story unfolds during a conversation between a little girl and her mother readers find out what went on during this fun filled day.
Brilliant and extremely humorus.
extension:children and teacher imagine and rewrite the story from the farmers point of view.
LD4d: uses language to pretend or create.
Brilliant and extremely humorus.
extension:children and teacher imagine and rewrite the story from the farmers point of view.
LD4d: uses language to pretend or create.
May 09, 2012
Susan
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
animals,
chickens,
farms,
grade-1,
grade-2,
grade-k,
humor,
pigs,
school-life,
snakes,
middle-school,
conversation,
quotations
In addition to being a fun read aloud for elementary school children, this story would make a fine introduction for middle school students when teaching writing skills associated with conversation. The story could stress the importance of quotation marks, proper punctuation and labeling of who said what during written dialogue.
I think kids will love this book because it's wild. Teachers can read this book before heading out on a field trip. Discussions can take place after reading to talk about the right way to behave on a field trip. Students can also talk about their pets and if their pets ever ate the laundry. Kids will get a kick out of this book.
This book was used as part of a small unit called "What is Imagination?" for first-grade students. The story is a backward approach told from the point of view of a child who went on a class trip to the farm. One of her fellow classmates brings his pet boa constrictor along to meet the farm animals, and craziness ensues!
This book is great, apart from the wonderful story, because it tells the story backwards, in the form of the daughter recounting what happened to her mother, and because the illustrations are part of the story. I recommend to anyone with children or who, like me, has never lost her love for children's stories.
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