Mrs. McGee's Coconut

by Allia Zobel-Nolan, Peter Cottrill (Illustrator)

After buying a coconut, Mrs. McGee discovers that opening it herself isn't as easy as she thought. After trying to whack the coconut open, it bounced out of her house, down a hill and thundered into town. Now the coconut is creating chaos wherever it rolls. Follow along in Mrs. McGee's zany hunt for her runaway coconut in this hilarious, rhythmic, read-aloud that is full of surprises.

Genres: Picture Books, Food

22 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Morgan Baggett · Rating 3 out of 5]

A funny book describing a coconut traveling from Tennessee to a jungle far far away.

[K.L. Bernard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story will have you whacking, bouncing, leaping and screaming with rhymes.
Mrs. McGee bought a coconut in Tennessee. Although the grocer offer to open it for her she figured she could do it herself. She tried whacking it with a golf club but it rolled out the door. It bounced into a tent where some ladies were having an event.
From there the coconut bounced on a cat, thundered into a bowling alley and made a strike. Mrs. McGee caught up with it on her motorbike, she parked by a tree and gave the coconut a whack with her shovel and it bounced again onto a ship. It so happens the ship was on its way to Kashmir. You will have to read the story to see if Mrs. McGee gets her coconut back or settles instead for a bag of walnuts.

[Christine Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Mrs. McGee buys a coconut, she discovers that opening it isn't as easy as she expected. She finally whacks it so hard that the coconut rolls out her front door and causes trouble wherever it goes.

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[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A silly book about Mrs. McGee trying to open her coconut. Having just tried to open a coconut for the first time recently I can relate.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome for preschool storytime

[Terry]

Mrs. McGee the perfect zaniness that young kids love.