The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers

by Caroline Arnold

Book Overview

Kids will delight in the tale of the terrible - but lovable - Hodag. With the head of an ox, feet of a bear, back of a dinosaur, and tail of an alligator, the Hodag stands forty feet tall, and its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159078166X
• ISBN13: 9781590781661
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

An adventure story perfect for reading aloud day or night

John Sandford's black and white woodcuts lend drama and action to the story of a scary Hodag - but appearances aren't everything, as lumberjack Olee will tell you: the Hodag is friend to all lumberjacks and a good beast really - and having done many good turns, it's now time for his lumberjack friends to help him! Caroline Arnold bases her story on those she heard as a child and captures the feel of her past in an adventure story perfect for reading aloud day or night. Diane C. Donovan, Editor California Bookwatch

A funny story

Reviewed by Becca Lawler (age 8) for Reader Views (3/06) First I thought it was a story about this scary monster, but then I found out it was not scary at all. It was a funny story about how these lumberjacks tricked these animal catchers from taking the Hodag to the zoo. My favorite part was when the lumberjacks tricked the animal catchers when they said the Hodag lived on the other side of the forest. The funniest part was when the Hodag scared the animal catchers so bad they fell into their own trap. I am going to tell my teacher about this book and I hope she lets me bring it to school to share with all my friends. Thank you for letting me read it. Becca was so excited to finally get to review her own book she read it immediately. She was asking me if she could keep it to show all her friends about this new book she had read. She literally laughed out loud when they fell into the trap. Great job!!! Cristy Lawler Momma of Becca