Thursday, September 17, 2009

Three Cheers for Errol by Babette Cole


Title: Three Cheers for Errol

Author: Babette Cole

Illustrator: Babette Cole

Sport: tennis, football, field hockey, track and field, swimming, boxing

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1988

Pages: 24...picture book...animal fantasy fiction

Grade Level: K-2

Synopsis: Errol, the street rat, is not a very smart creature, but he is awesome at sports. He is chosen to represent his school at the Inter-school Ratathalon. However, some of his competitors play a trick on him and he becomes badly injured. Errol gets an interesting idea from some street acrobats and defeats the competition easily.

Art Rating: 2/5

Book Rating: 2/5

Redeeming Quality: Errol is dumb and comes from a bad school, but he still outsmarts the competitors. The illustrations are funny, too.

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