About the Book After a variety of animals get stuck one by one in bubble gum melting in the road, they must survive encounters with a big blue truck and a burly black bear. Book Synopsis Bubble gum, bubble gum, Chewy-gooey bubble gum, Icky-Sticky bubble gum Melting in the road. Along comes a toad, a shrew, a goose, and more wacky animals who get stuck in the gooey-ooey mess. How will they escape when a big blue truck comes straight toward them? Written in lively, lyrical rhyme and accompanied by hilarious, colorful illustrations, Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum is an irresistible picture book for reading aloud. If you like the Wonky Donkey, youll love Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum! For the 2017 Michigan Reads! program the Library of Michigan selected Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum written by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith. Michigan Reads is a program modeled after One Book, One Community and is intended to support the development of early literacy skills as a foundation to future reading and success in school and beyond. Review Quotes Maximum rhythm and maximum rhyme...Wheeler has written another silly winner that toddlers will beg for again and again at storytime. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review .