Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
Illustrated by Tony Fucile
Fiction
For ages 6 to 8
Candlewick Press, 2012, 978-0-7636-3361-5
Today the State Fair is open, and Bink and Gollie decide
to go to the event. Bink quickly decides that she wants to try hitting a rubber
duck with a ball at the Wack-a-Duck booth so that she can win the “world’s
largest doughnut.” Unfortunately, Bink has very little skill when it comes to
throwing baseballs at rubber ducks, and she ends up hitting the Wack-a-Duck man.
In fact, she hits the poor fellow with each of her three baseball throws.
After the
Wack-a-Duck fiasco, the friends move on, and Gollie sees that there is going to
be an amateur talent show. Gollie would love to be in a talent show, and she is
sure that she can do her talent on a stage in front of an audience. The problem
is that saying you can perform, and being about to actually do it, are two very
different things. Poor Gollie discovers just how paralyzing stage fright can
be.
In this
delightful second book featuring Bink and Gollie, the two friends go to the
State Fair, and things don’t go quite as anticipated. The good news is that
there is one thing the friends can count on, even when they cannot hit a rubber
duck or when they get stage fright.
With amusing
illustrations and three chapters, this title is full of clever touches of humor
and we are reminded that there are more important things in life than winning
prizes or being in the spotlight.
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