Wheedle on the Needle: (Classic Children's Books)

By Stephen Cosgrove

Book Overview

Deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest lives a quiet old creature named the Wheedle. When humans move into his forests, bringing their loud city noises, Wheedle flees to the rocky peaks of Mount Rainier, and then to the very tip-top of Seattle's Space Needle. A national bestseller, the beloved Wheedle on the Needle had much of its Seattle-centric storyline stripped from later editions. This glorious 35th anniversary keepsake edition brings back the book's original charm, inviting a new generation of readers to delight in the Wheedle's adventures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570616280
• ISBN13: 9781570616280
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Little Bigfoot
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

My Daughter loves it!

My husband loved this book as a child and bought it to read to our daughter when I was pregnant with her! Now, she is 2.5 and really into more detailed books at bed time. We recently started reading it to her, and she loves it! We are building our Serendipity library now! Oh, and living in Seattle adds to the excitment of the book!

Dad read this to me as a child

I loved this book when I was little (about 30 years ago!). It is a wonderful, funny book. My dad was from Tacoma, but we lived in Southern CA. I finally got to see the Space Needle when I was 17. The book brings back such lovely memories.

Must have

I had this book as a little girl. Now that I've left my hometown of Seattle, my best friend has moved there. I got the book as a gift for her. If you grew up in Seattle or live there now, you must get this book.

Happy to see the Weedle back

My little boy loved this book. He read it just about every day for a year. He still looks back on it fondly (He is now 26). All Northwest Kids or ones who have seen the Space Needle in Seattle need to read this book.

one of my all time favorite books when i was a kid

i LOVED the Serendipity Books when i was a child and this was by far my favorite, i remember making my parents read it to me every night before bed. the fact that i lived in Washington state probably had something to do with it ... i remember laying in bed after hearing the story and looking out my window and trying to find the light on the top of the Space Needle ... the fact that i lived on the other side of the Cascade mountains, no where near Seattle didnt faze me a bit. 20 some years later i still remember loving this book.