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| Lisa in the Jungle (Misadventures of Gaspard and Lisa) | 
 enlarge | Author: Anne Gutman
Creator: Georg Hallensleben
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 748611
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 7.6 x 0.3
ISBN: 0375822542
EAN: 9780375822544
ASIN: 0375822542
Publication Date: September 9, 2003
Release Date: September 9, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Although she spent the summer at the community swimming pool, Lisa tells her classmates that she visited the jungle where her uncle raises panthers and leopards.
Amazon.com Review
Lisa and Gaspard--the canine Curious Georges of Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben's lovely series--travel around the world getting into all kinds of scrapes. Or do they? In Lisa in the Jungle, Lisa doesn't really travel to the jungle. She makes the whole story up because she's jealous of her friend Gaspard who got to go sailing while she stayed home and swam at the community pool all summer. But what a story it is! Her uncle Paul picks her up in a private plane to take her to his tree house, which is guarded, of course, by two gigantic gorillas. He has an anteater instead of a vacuum cleaner and a parrot for an alarm clock. Hallensleben's gorgeous, color-saturated paintings depict Lisa's action-packed "jungle adventure," complete with elephant-riding and panther brushing. Fortunately, class resumes just as Lisa's classmate asks her how she managed to be in the jungle and in the community pool at the same time... (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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| Customer Reviews:
Lying is NOT acceptable May 29, 2007
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I REALLY disliked this book. The illustrations were nice but I was terribly disappointed that the main character got away with lying. I can't believe that a children's book wouldn't be more sensitive in the messages that they portray. While I was delighted by the imaginative and adventurous tale, I will never read this book to my child for fear that she will think it is ok to lie whenever she feels inadequate or jealous of someone else. Sure, one of the other children tried to confront Lisa about her lie but that was quickly and abruptly arrested by the teacher and she was allowed to get away with her lie consequence free. I am not an overly protective parent but allowing characters to get away with lying is unacceptable.
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