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The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith

The Wonky Donkey

Craig Smith

Scholastic Inc. · Print & ebook · May 1, 2010

A Picture Books pick for readers exploring The Wonky Donkey.

Funny StoriesPoetryFarm Animal Storieschildren
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Who it’s for
A cumulative read-aloud turns one endearing donkey into a wonderfully ridiculous tangle of rhymes.
Themes
Humorous animal tale, Cumulative wordplay
Genres
Farm Animal Stories, Funny Stories, Poetry

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About this book

Kids will love this cumulative and hysterical read-aloud! The original viral sensation! "I was walking down the road and I saw... a donkey, Hee Haw! And he only had three legs! He was a wonky donkey." Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read-aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the book's final page, readers end up with a spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey!

A Donkey, Unraveled

A cumulative read-aloud turns one endearing donkey into a wonderfully ridiculous tangle of rhymes.

Come here for

  • Silly wordplay that builds with each new description
  • A read-aloud made for shared laughter

Expect

  • A donkey with an increasingly elaborate string of names
  • A cumulative tale ending in a winky wonky flourish

Where it sits

Funny Stories72%
Farm Animal Stories55%
Poetry34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Animal Stories
  • Farm Animal Stories
  • Funny Stories
Authors
Craig Smith
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published
May 1, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Humorous animal tale · Cumulative wordplay
Reading lane
Animal Stories