Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee

By Williams-Garcia, Rita & Reed, Mike

Publishers Summary:
As she tries to escape her mother's efforts to "plait-a-plait" and "string-a-bead" her hair, a young girl imagines herself running away into a jungle.

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ISBN
978-0-68982-601-6
Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2000.


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2000

PreS-Gr 4 An enormous feeling of playfulness and love comes through in this story of an African-American mother and child. The story begins on the cover, where the Wild Waiyuuzee's eyes peek out of a bush. On the first page, she sprints from her hiding place, trying to escape Shemama the Catcher. Readers receive clues to the Wild Waiyuuzee's identity through Reed's wildly graphic illustrations, rendered in Photoshop. As the child runs into...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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