The Thingity-Jig

This jovial frolic through the city and woods celebrates ingenuity and teems with whimsical wordplay–a delightful read for any STEAM storytime.

Under the light of a silvery moon, Bear wanders into people town and discovers a springy thing, a bouncy thing–a sit-on-it, jump-on-it thing This Thingity-Jig is too heavy to carry home by himself, so Bear runs back to the woods and asks for help. Too bad for Bear, his friends are sleepy and shoo him away. So Bear invents a Rolly-Rumpity to wheel the Thingity-Jig home, but then it all gets stuck in the mud How will Bear tackle this bump in the road? With a Lifty-Uppity, of course

Reading specialist and former educator Kathy Doherty perfectly blends inventive upcycling and STEAM elements with a delightful story in this wonderfully charismatic picture book. Illustrator Kristyna Litten brings the world to life with incredible settings and empathetic characters.

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Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Doherty, Kathleen
Published: 04/01/2021
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781561459599
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.20w x 0.40d