"Basketball was so distracted
with his nasty poo-poo foot
that Forty and Chip were able
to escape and continue toward
the slide.
Just then, it started to rain.
Forty and Chip were in
danger of getting soggy.
Desperate and willing to try
anything, Forty looked up
at the dark gray rain cloud
overhead."
Chelsea loves to make fortune tellers ... the subject of this new book from Drew Daywalt and Kevin Cornell. The endpapers get readers right down to business by providing step-by-step instructions on how to make a fortune teller from start to finish. Making one (or more) is sure to take up time on an 'I don't know what to do' summer day. At the end of the book, Mr. Cornell includes instructions for making your own Chip as well, and maybe a gum wad, or a basketball,
This is story is written about one particular fortune teller named Forty, and her friend Chip. Forty and Chip are two casualties of playground activities. Forty is dropped as the child who made her rushes into school when the bell rings. Chip is but one potato chip left from a throwaway bag, with a bite taken out of his head.
A search for other casualties leads them to discover a red bolt needed to ensure safety for the slide ladder. They have to get that slide fixed before someone gets hurt at recess. As they make their way across the playground to get to work, a huge squirrel scoops up Chip as a snack. A distraction is needed! Forty bamboozles the squirrel with a very funny fortune, and its hilarious result. From there, the two are on to new adventures with a basketball and a raincloud, before the kids are released for play and someone gets hurt. Who knew that gumwads attached to the underside of the slide would keep Forty and Chip from being on their slide? Maybe another fortune will work?
You will have to read the ending to see what happens next! I will let you know what Chelsea thinks when I read it to her in July!
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