160,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ 

Late Night Thursday! Our Hobsonville Bookstore is open until 9pm tonight! ✨

Mud Puddle Early Reader

By Robert Munsch
Series: Munsch Early Readers
0.0 (0 reviews)
4.0 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 1,803 ratings, 149 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
In the delightful children's book Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch, a young girl named Jule Ann continuously faces the unwelcome antics of a mischievous mud puddle. Every time she ventures outside, the mud puddle ambushes her, resulting in a mud-covered mess. The story captures the humour and resilience of Jule Ann as she attempts to outsmart the muddy troublemaker.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$1299
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this delightful children's book if you love stories filled with whimsy, adventure, and laughter. It is perfect for young readers who appreciate imaginative tales about everyday mishaps and overcoming whimsical challenges. Ideal for those who enjoy vibrant illustrations and humorous plots.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

"Whenever Jule Ann goes outside, a mud puddle jumps on her. Will she ever keep clean?"--Back cover.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Mud Puddle Early Reader features favourite stories from Robert Munsch in a format that kids will love. Adapted from the originals, it allows beginner readers to proudly say, "I read this myself!"

Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories, paired with Michael Martchenko's illustrations, will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills.

Tips for supporting emerging readers are included in the back for parents.

Series: Munsch Early Readers

View all
  • I Have to Go! Early Reader
    Favourite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say I read this myself! Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills. Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1299
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Mud Puddle Early Reader
    Mud Puddle Early Reader features favourite stories from Robert Munsch in a format that kids will love. Adapted from the originals, it allows beginner readers to proudly say, "I read this myself!" Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories, paired with Michael Martchenko's illustrations, will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills. Tips for...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1299
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Thomas' Snowsuit Early Reader
    Favorite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!"Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills.Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the back for...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $2900
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • I Have to Go! Early Reader
    Favourite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say, I read this myself! Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills. Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    $3499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Thomas' Snowsuit Early Reader
    Favorite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!"Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills.Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the back for...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    $3499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Fire Station Early Reader
    Favorite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!"Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills.Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the back for...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    Sold Out
  • Angela's Airplane Early Reader
    Favourite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say, I read this myself! Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills. Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    Sold Out
  • Mud Puddle Early Reader
    Mud Puddle Early Reader presents favourite stories from Robert Munsch in a format that kids will adore! These stories have been adapted from the originals, allowing beginner readers to proudly declare, "I read this myself!" Featuring vibrant and entertaining content, Robert Munsch's zany stories combined with Michael Martchenko's captivating illustrations are sure to engage children and sustain their interest as...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    Sold Out
  • Moira's Birthday Early Reader
    Beloved Robert Munsch stories with text adapted for beginner readers, including a note from the author, reading tips, and reading activities. Moira's Birthday Early Reader features Moira, who is afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday party... so she just doesn't tell them. The big day arrives, and grades...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    Sold Out

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Mud Puddle Early Reader by Robert Munsch receives high praise for its humour, engaging storytelling, and delightful illustrations. Reviewers often highlight its appeal to young readers, particularly the playful and imaginative adventures of the protagonist. Parents appreciate its ability to captivate children, encouraging a love for reading.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781773216485

Publisher: Annick Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 December 2022

Country: Canada

Imprint: Annick Press Ltd

Illustration: Color, throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Michael Martchenko
  • Illustrated by Michael Martchenko

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 40

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Robert Munsch Series: Munsch Early Readers

About the Author

Robert Munsch, author of such classics as The Paper Bag Princess and Thomas' Snowsuit, is one of North America's bestselling authors of children's books.


Michael Martchenko is the award-winning illustrator of the Classic Munsch series and many other beloved children's books. He was born north of Paris, France, and moved to Canada when he was seven. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Patricia.

Also by Robert Munsch

View all
  • Love You Forever
    A young woman holds her newborn son and sings to him: I'll love you forever.I'll like you for always.As long as I'm livingMy baby you'll be. This is the story of how that little boy goes through life and becomes a man, and how his mother's love never wavers. The simple and powerful truth behind Love You Forever will strike...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1900
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • 5 Tremendously Silly Munsch Stories
    Age range 4 to 7 Five tremendously silly and utterly timeless Munsch stories - all in one hilarious collection! This affordable treasury is a valuable resource for any shelf, full of empowering stories where kids rule and each predicament is more outrageous than the last. Includes: The Paper Bag Princess Angela's Airplane Thomas' Snowsuit Stephanie's Ponytail Show and Tell Get...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    $3999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • A Promise Is a Promise
    When Allashua disobeys her parents and goes fishing on the sea ice, she has to use her wits to escape the Qallupilluitβ€”the troll-like creatures her parents have always warned her about that live beneath the frozen surface of the sea. But the only way to break out of their grasp is through an exchange: Allashua can go free if she...
    By Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak
    Paperback
    $1499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Angela's Airplane
    When Angela's father gets lost at the airport, she looks for him everywhere, even inside an airplane. But when Angela's love of button-pressing proves too great, she finds herself in charge of flying the plane. Can Angela make it back down to the runway? A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this junior pilot to a new generation of...
    By Robert Munsch
    Board book
    $3300
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • I Have to Go! Early Reader
    Favourite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say I read this myself! Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills. Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1299
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Angela's Airplane
    When Angela's father gets lost at the airport, she looks for him everywhere, even inside an airplane. But when Angela's love of button-pressing proves too great, she finds herself in charge of flying the plane. Can Angela make it back down to the runway? A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this junior pilot to a new generation of...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1699
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • I Have to Go! Early Reader
    Favourite stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say, I read this myself! Colourful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practise their reading skills. Tips for supporting emerging readers are in the...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    $3499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Pigs
    Another laugh-out-loud book from the author of The Paper Bag Princess! Pigs begins when Megan lets all of the pigs out of the pen. They start to take over and show her that they may not be so dumb after all. This newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces the tale of underestimated livestock to a new generation of young...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1699
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Something Good
    Tyya is grocery shopping with her dad, but he's not letting her pick any of the good stuff like cookies, ice cream, or candies. When she holds still and is mistaken for the best, most lifelike doll in the supermarket, an argument at the till leads her dad to buy something good after all.A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1699
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Big Green Book of Munsch Books
    Five classic Robert Munsch stories in one beautiful, gift-worthy treasury.With over 80 million books sold across the globe, Robert Munsch is the authority on stories kids love to hear read aloud. This gorgeous hardcover edition is the authoritative collection of Munsch!The Big Green Book of Munsch Books includes:The Paper Bag PrincessDavid's FatherPurple, Green and Yellow50 Below ZeroI Have to Go!The...
    By Robert Munsch
    Hardback
    $4999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Munschworks Grand Treasury
    The ultimate Munsch contains all three volumes of the first Munschworks collections. Produced in an extra-large picture-book format, it is perfect for sharing. Includes a table of contents for easy reference. Featuring 15 popular Robert Munsch stories: The Paper Bag Princess The Fire Station I Have to Go! David's Father Thomas' Snowsuit Pigs Mortimer Purple, Green and Yellow Murmel, Murmel,...
    By Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak
    Hardback
    $9499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Something Good
    Tyya is grocery shopping with her dad, but he's not letting her pick any of the good stuff like cookies, ice cream, or candies. When she holds still and is mistaken for the best, most lifelike doll in the supermarket, an argument at the till leads her dad to buy something good after all.A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book...
    By Robert Munsch
    Paperback
    $1299
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

More from Children's Books

View all
  • New Release
    Gruffalo Granny
    The brand new Gruffalo picture book from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo said to his daughter one day, "Your Gruffalo Granny is coming to stay." Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over 20 years, and meet Gruffalo Granny as she visits the Gruffalo family. This fresh and exciting new Gruffalo adventure...
    By Julia Donaldson
    Hardback
    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $3000
    (3)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Sprinkle in Time: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #15)
    New Release
    A Sprinkle in Time: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #15)
    In the newest saga, our anti-hero, Grandpa, alters the fabric of time and space. Is his evil the necessary soil for Dog Man and friends to grow and bloom? Can we all step up to be the change? It's the saga of the centuryβ€”Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time!
    By Dav Pilkey
    Hardback
    $2399
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Fight or Flight: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (21)
    When the going gets tough, what’s a wimpy kid to do? InΒ Fight or Flight, Greg Heffley faces his biggest challenge yet as he becomes a target for the school bully. Luckily for Greg, his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, takes karate, so at least Greg’s got someone in his corner. But an unexpected twist makes Greg realize he’s facing an uphill...
    By Jeff Kinney
    Paperback
    $1699
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Detective Beans Colouring Club
    New Release
    Detective Beans Colouring Club
    Help Detective Beans solve the case of the missing colours! Join the Colouring Club now! Join the Detective Beans Colouring Club! Inside you'll find 40 removable colouring pages featuring scenes from all over Cat Town. Filled with all the characters you know and love from the Detective Beans graphic novels like Biscuits, Beans' mum, Mr Brickle, Bear, Detective Baby Bird...
    By Li Chen
    Paperback
    $1799
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • New Release
    The Sixth Faction
    Beatrice Prior stands on the brink of a decision every person in her world must make: five factions, five futures, five lives. She has a plan: she's going to make the bravest choice, and leave Abnegation behind to join Dauntless, even though it means leaving her family behind. But when tragedy strikes at her Choosing Ceremony, everything changesβ€”her world, her...
    By Veronica Roth
    Paperback
    $2999
    Elsewhere:
    $3499
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • New Release
    The Naturals: Dangerous Impulses Book 5
    The Naturals are BACK! No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers the highly anticipated new installment in her beloved Naturals Series. Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program at seventeen because she had an incredible ability to read people. Since then, Cassie, fellow profiler Dean, emotion‐reader Michael, lie‐detector Lia, and statistical genius Sloane have caught serial...
    By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
    Paperback
    $2199
    Elsewhere:
    $2499
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • New Release
    All of Us
    A new heart-wrenching, well-researched historical novel for middle-grade readers. 'The weirdest thing,' continues Tove, 'is that I don't feel any different to the rest of you.' 'That's because you're not!' snaps Birgitte. 'You're Danish.' 'So why do the Nazis hate me and not you?' When twelve-year-old Viggo and his friends Finn, Tove, Birgitte and Konrad start writing rude letters to...
    By Katrina Nannestad
    Hardback
    $2599
    Elsewhere:
    $2999
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • The Star Path
    New Release
    The Star Path
    A young whale searches for the whale rider's heir and a teenager takes an epic voyage to Antarctica with a fleet of waka hourua to claim his lost inheritance, in this breathtaking return to the world of global hit The Whale Rider, over thirty years on. From the internationally acclaimed author of The Whale Rider comes a novel about the...
    By Witi Ihimaera Smiler
    Paperback
    $2999
    Elsewhere:
    $3500
    (1)
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Wahine
    New Release
    Wahine
    From a majestic mermaid to a clay woman, the creator of glaciers to the mother of gardening, discover powerful wahine and how their stories shaped the world around us. Wahine introduces readers to twelve purakau of brave, bold, and inspiring women of Aotearoa. A beautifully illustrated collection that will delight the whole whanau, from award-winning illustrator Isobel Joy Te Aho-White....
    By Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
    Hardback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3999
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • New Release
    Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas
    From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a new story collection from the world of Lottie Brooks! But this time... it's not about Lottie! From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a new story collection from the world of Lottie Brooks! And it's CHRISTMAS! In The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks we spent the holiday season with...
    By Katie Kirby
    Paperback
    $1799
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • Matihe! Achoo! Matihe! Achoo!
    New Release
    Matihe! Achoo!
    What happens when a grumpy tupua has to sneeze? Matihe! Achoo! is a bilingual story about the tupua Mataoho and his connection to the volcanoes of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. It comes with an action song to engage young readers! He pūrākau e pā ana ki a Mataoho me ngā puia o Takamaki Makaurau. He tupua pukukino a Mataoho e noho...
    By Qiane Matata-Sipu
    Paperback
    $1899
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow
  • The Sweet As Looky Book
    New Release
    The Sweet As Looky Book
    Can you find all the chocolate fish? Is it possible for kiwi to fly? Can you spot the difference? See Aotearoa New Zealand through the eyes of award-winning artist Donovan Bixley in The Sweet As Looky Book. Use your finest skills to seek out pirates in the Bay of Islands and birds in Rakiura Stewart Island. Get in a car...
    By Donovan Bixley
    Hardback
    $2299
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships tomorrow

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 160,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

Children's Books lists from the team

Explore our curated lists from our heroes to find your next read!

The Latest at Book Hero

View all