| THE BOOKS AND TAPES OF LARRY SHLES |
| Then, tired from the excitement of the day, Squib would look forward to bedtime...well, that part of bedtime just before sleeptime. His parents would tuck him into soft down and tell him a story in the most velvety, soothing hoots you can imagine. Lying there listening, feeling the up and down breathing, smelling the special smells of his mother and father, Squib felt complete. Did that feeling have a name? Click here to view a slide show of this book. |
| As a last resort, Squib's mother hired a tutor to teach him. At first Squib was confused. He could already toot. Why did he need a tooter? And if a tutor taught hooting, certainly she should be called a hooter rather than a tooter. Once this confusion was settled, Squib's hoot tutor, who was cuter and astuter than most hooters, launched him into his lessons. Squib was instructed to practice all his "h" sounds.... Listen (downloadable mp3 - 1minute) Click here to view a slide show of this book. |
| One morning Squib was awakened by a cold draft. She was gone! He scanned the meadow. There was no trace of her. He waited, the emptiness growing larger with the passage of each day. For weeks he remained alone, alert to even the slightest hint that she was returning. She never did. Squib never found out why she had gone. He remained motionless for a long time. The emptiness inside had grown. It have even brimmed over, filling his body and extending beyond. Click here to view a slide show of this book. |
| "This family is a disaster," announced the doctor. "It's Andrew," mumbled Mom. "I fear he is unbalanced." "He is," agreed the doctor. "Actually you all are." Mom and Dad gasped. "Don't worry though," continued the doctor. "It is a common condition. Your family is suffering from 'owldolescence'. It is a time when the brain goes to sleep and things get totally out of gland." Click here to view a slide show of this book. |
| Dew eye half two go too school twoday? Spelling makes me blew. There, their and they're: where, wear and ware, I'm trapped in an alphabet stew. I doodled all over my spelling test, From vowels I created my face. I drew me in a consonant soup, It wasn't the time or the place. I got a "D" on my spelling exam, Though I really can't complain. It got an "A" as a project in art, But to spell art gives me a pain. Click here to view a slide show of this book. |
| Scooter passed the winter in a corner of his nest amidst his cache of vine juices, leaves and seeds. He rarely spoke and when he did it was a barrage of foul language and accusations. Crystal and the babies were confused and frightened. They lived with a stranger. "Look at what that vine is doing to you, Scooter," Crystal pleaded. "NO!" YOU ARE DOING THIS TO ME!" Scooter heard himself scream. "JUST GET OFF MY BACK!" And he defiantly smoked and snorted and popped and guzzled in his family's face. Click here to learn more and to read several pages. |
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| This video is, in turn, a dramatic, humorous and touching telling of the five current Squib books. These fables are first and foremost wonderful stories for children to enjoy. In addition, they are insightful metaphors for the dilemmas that kids and adults face in the course of a life. |
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| "Nose Drops is delightful - a logoleptic tribute to a language in which your nose can run and your feet can smell. I am truly impressed by both the text and the illustrations!" Richard Lederer - Author of Get Thee To A Punnery "Nose Drops is a delighful adult/child book that is wonderful fun. I was hooked as soon as I met Peg Nose Pete and Julius Sneezer. Such appropriate, funny and delightful word play!" Kay Hays - Reading consultant |
| Click here to learn more and to read several pages. Warning: If you hate puns, proceed at your own risk. We will not be held responsible for severe gastric distress. |
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| All illustrations, photographs and book text on this web site, unless otherwise credited, are Copyright Larry Shles 2002. Larry@hootsandtoots.com Site created September 2002. |
| Moths and Mothers Hoots and Toots and Hairy Brutes Hugs and Shrugs Aliens in My Nest Do I Have to Go to School Today Works of Heart Scooter's Tail of Terror Nose Drops |
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