Mr. Mumble

by Peter Catalanotto, Mina Greenstein (Designed by)

Mr. Mumby's sore throat complicates his day as he gets a panda bear instead of a pound of pears, and a kangaroo instead of a can of stew, until a doctor's visit provides a final surprise

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

29 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jessica]

If kids were read this book they would like it because just like in Mrs Piggle Wiggle when a person's speech comes out like something else it can get silly as in this book. He asked for "a dozen bagels" and instead got a dozen beagles. He ends up with an entire menagerie.

[Amanda Casteel]

Author: Peter Catalanotto

Genre: Fiction Picture Book

Year Published: 1995

Reading Level: Late Early due to complex words such as bleated and haberdasher

Topic/theme: Misinterpretation, Animals

Issues Addressed: Misunderstandings

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading, guided reading

Text and Illustrations: the illustrations are AMAZING! I love Peter Catalanotto. The text illustrates what Mr. Mumby receives every time he speaks. The illustrations go where the text does not.

Summary: Mr. Mumby is having trouble being understood. He's mumbling. He keeps getting misunderstood throughout the whole book. Finally, in the end, we find out what was wrong all along.

Literary Devices: Exaggeration, onomatopoeia,

[Matthew]

I'm not sure what flwew out of his mouth at the end, but this was a nicely written book and I enjoyed. The pictures were great. It reminded me of Elise Broach's Everything comes with a Dinosaur.

[Sally]

I remember this as fun discovery.
A bit of lesson about miscommunication.

[Little Champs]

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