Mr. Tuggle's Troubles - Hardcover

Blankenship, LeeAnn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590781961 ISBN 13: 9781590781968

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2005

Synopsis

Poor Mr. Tuggle is having a bad week. It all begins on Monday when he can't find his hat. It would have come in handy when that pigeon flew over his head. The missing hat is just the beginning, however. Each morning begins with a promise of a new day, and each day brings more trouble to Mr. Tuggle. This comic tale by LeeAnn Blankenship features an endearing, Chaplinesque character brought to life with madcap illustrations by Karen Dugan.

About this title

About the Author:

LeeAnn Blankenship has been employed as a licensed social worker in children's services, foster care, and adoption, and she was also a teacher. This is her first children's book. She lives in Kent, Ohio, with her husband, Barry, a retired fire chief.

Karen Dugan is the illustrator of several books for children, including If I Had a Snowplow by Jean L.S. Patrick and Tea Party Today: Poems to Sip and Savor by Eileen Spinelli. She lives in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3–Mr. Tuggle wakes up on a spring day and cannot find his hat in his messy apartment. He goes to work bareheaded, but later regrets his decision when a bird makes a mess in his hair while he eats lunch in the park. Back at the office, he folds and dons a newspaper hat and people stare at his odd attire. Each morning, another piece of clothing goes missing, only to be replaced by a homemade item: instead of shoes, he ties boxes to his feet; he fashions a shirt out of curtains; and he uses a picture from his office as an umbrella. When he sees his reflection in a shop window, he realizes how silly he looks. That evening, he straightens up his home and puts his clothes away so they will be easy to find. On Friday morning, he looks forward to a great day; the final illustration shows him cheerfully heading down the street, unaware that he is not wearing pants. Dugan's watercolor illustrations cleverly play up Mr. Tuggle's silly predicaments, and clean white backdrops keep readers' attention focused on his exploits. The sight of a thin, balding man with a small mustache who seems so fastidious and proper wearing newspapers, boxes, and curtains will elicit lots of laughs.–Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1590781961
• ISBN 13: 9781590781968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Dugan Karen