|
"Captures the world of snakes where humans are seen as the greatest danger. The moral: look through the eyes of the oppressed and a whole unusual world appears...magnificent!"
The Book Reader
"Tales that make children's eyes light up and their smiles break into laughter."
The El Paso Herald
El Paso, Texas
"Polisar is well known to kids...he's an original mold, difficult to duplicate, with some method to his madness."
The Annapolis Capital
Annapolis, Maryland
"A funny and sympathetic view."
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage, Alaska
"Addresses unusual issues...
saying we should trust our instincts."
People Magazine
"Polisar is a treat."
Family Times Magazine
or Order from Amazon.com
|
The Snake Who Was Afraid of People
by Barry Louis Polisar
illustrated by David Clark
$14.95, 32 p. color illustrated.
ISBN# 0-938663-16-X
A new edition with full-page, color illustrations and a great sequel to Polisar's earlier tale, Snakes and the Boy Who Was Afraid of Them. This tale, was endorsed by the National Humane Society and reprinted in the National Wildlife Federation's magazine for children, Your Big Backyard. It reveals the deep-rooted feelings of a snake who is afraid of people. His fears prove well-founded when he is captured by a school-aged child and held captive in a jar with little air. A humorous scene ensues when the boy is at school and the boys mother tries to get rid of the snake, whacking at it with a broom. The snake manages to escape and goes into hiding, aided by a group of beret-wearing reptiles who are really operating underground. The picture of the snake, disguised as an elderly man waiting for the bus, is delightful; his tail is subtly wrapped around the bus stop sign for support. "Polisar's work," writes The Sunday Deseret News, "could be, line for line, the most entertaining literature in the business...thoroughly outrageous."
Sample Illustrations
 |
Captured and held prisoner in a jar |
 |
A chance to escape |
 |
The snake disguised and on his way back home |
|
