Kids Read Aloud: TOO MUCH GLUE by Jason Lefebvre and Zac Retz

[Music] foreign [Applause] by Jason leffabray and illustrated by Zach Ratz our art teacher says the match glue never dries she reminds us glue raindrops not puddles and she warns me Maddie too much glue but my dad and I love glue at home we make glue glasses glue mustaches and even glue bouncy balls mom is happy to help so during art class I find the fullest bottle of glue I tip them over and squeeze plop glue squishes from the orange tips and slops all over Quince and gluey eyes float around in a gluey lake then it's time for the most important decoration i belly flap onto the table and roll around letting the glue and everything else cover me time to go on the drying rack I announce but when I tried to pull myself off the table I boing right back down to match glue my teacher squax this is bad there's only half an hour until the end of school and all I can do is lift my head wave my hands and wiggle my feet the rest of me is a lucky Stucky mess can somebody help me I call while my teacher breathes into a paper bag Noah shouts let's lasso him Izzy Noah and Owen get to work soon I'm roped from all sides like a rodeo Pony but when they try to pull me out snap the lassos break leaving colorful octopus tentacles everywhere the glue is too strong and now I'm a clingy stringy blucky Stucky mess don't worry Maddie we know what to do shouts Luke and Grace from across the room is that a tow truck I ask as they wield the contraption over and stick a plastic hook into my suit of glue my friends pull one way and the glue pulls the other click click click click until Kaboom the tow truck explodes and plastic bricks rain all over now I'm a clicky bricky clingy stringy blucky Stucky mess the school nurse bursts in and checks my temperature 98.6 sorry no fever I can't send you home early she dabs and Pats me like I'm spill juice but the more she blots the more the glue spreads soon I'm a melted mummy clicky bricky clingy stringy blocky stocky mess then the principal comes in he takes one look at me sticks a note on my belly and leaves bringing my teacher huffing and puffing like a train gives me a great idea I whisper it to Haley and Owen the final bell rings and everyone freezes except Owen and Haley it's the biggest one we could make they shout furiously flapping a huge paper fan at me then just as I'm thinking I'll be a note on my tummy melted mummy clicky bricky clingy stringy blucky Stucky glue boy for the rest of my life my plan works something my teacher said could never happen happens the glue dries but I'm still stuck and now I hear footsteps the door starts to open my father and some other carpool parents walk in dad comes closer and inspects me hmm um then he peels me off the table glue yarn bricks and all he spins me around hmm no one makes a sound then Dad smiles [Music] he holds me up for everyone to admire my friends all cheer the car ride home is interesting mom is speechless when Dad brings me in the house but he knows just what to do well kiddo dad says some beautiful things only happen once and this is one of those things he gently grips the dried glue in front of my neck and behind my collar and peels me open like a ripe banana now it's Dad's turn to glue and he seals up the sides of the me Shaped work of art I bet it would take all the glue in the art room to make a U-shaped work of art dad I say Dad laughs then he glues a big magnet to the back of my project and hangs it on the fridge during dinner we sneaked Peaks at my masterpiece and after dinner we take the principal's note very seriously from The Dusk of Omar G stockley please encourage Maddie to use tape instead of glue yeah don't forget to subscribe for more Story Time with Miss Veronica

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Length: 6min 51sec (411 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 10 2023