Margery cuyler biography of donald

That's Good! That's Bad! by Margery Cuyler and illustrated by David Catrow is about a boy who goes to the zoo with his parents and gets into trouble. The story begins when his parents buy him a red balloon and when he grabs ahold of it, it lifts him up into the air and carries him toward the animals cages. The balloon pops and drops the boy into a muddy pit of hippopotamus. He climbs out of the river and baboons chase him up a tree. The boy grabs onto what he thinks is a vine to swing away from the baboons but it ends up being a snake. The boy lets go of the snake and continuous to see a giraffe, elephant, and a lion. The story ends when the stork picks him up and carries him back to his parents where they greet him with hugs and kisses. The boy had an eventful day at the zoo but is happy to be reconnected with his mom and dad.

This book has a preposterous plot. Adults will read this book and know that it is impossible. There is no way that a balloon can carry a boy up into the sky. We also know that the odds of a kid getting into an animals pen and touching every animal at the zoo is highly unlikely. A stork somehow guesses who t

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