{"product_id":"when-fred-the-snake-got-squished-and-mended","title":"When Fred the Snake Got Squished, And Mended","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2020 Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Quirky and playful...instructional and enjoyable.... In the vein of the great cautionary tales, from writers like Hilaire Belloc to Roald Dahl, \u003cem\u003eHow Fred the Snake Got Squished, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand Mended \u003c\/em\u003euses witty illustrations and multi-layered language to hide an important message within a wildly entertaining story.\" \u003cem\u003e-The Children's Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred came from a steamy forest spot, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere even winter days are hot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe home of hairy beasts that go oink-oink, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand drop things on your head, boink-boink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred the Snake knows all about jungle life, but the busy city streets are a different story! When Fred spots a spinning barber pole across the road, he forgets to look both ways before slithering into traffic. In an instant, poor Fred is squished clean in two by a speeding ambulance!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRushed to the hospital on a makeshift stretcher, Fred fears he may never be the same again. The doctors are ready to help, but they need a rare bendy thread only found deep in the jungle beneath the watchful feet of enormous rhinos. Can the fearless Jungle Jim retrieve the special thread in time to save Fred?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with playful rhymes, laugh-out-loud humor, and vibrant illustrations, When Fred the Snake Got Squished, and Mended is a wildly entertaining adventure with an important lesson about road safety woven throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...a book which is going to be picked up time and time again because it's so well written and...very playful...\" \u003cem\u003e-The Bookbag, Top Ten Self-Published Books 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This amusing story is wonderfully written in rhyming narrative verse, full of British style, wit and charm.... Move over for 'Fred-Fred, ' Lewis Carroll!\" -\u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review, Children's Bookwatch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"...a perfect selection for story time and...most highly recommended.\" \u003cem\u003e-Readers' Favorite\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bublish, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50021902909690,"sku":"9781948543446","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50021902942458,"sku":"9781948543422","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_5b360df4-044e-48bb-825e-5030402fa31a.jpg?v=1786139434","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/when-fred-the-snake-got-squished-and-mended","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}