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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
3.5 I really enjoyed the guest appearances by Elephant & Piggie.
Cookies for Everyone! This is the social Justice cry of the 4 friends who only have 3 cookies. It’s also about fractions. The artwork is bright and the characters are animated. They most scream it seems. There was not much character work going on.
I love Dan Santat’s work and I’m not feeling this one. It is a more beginning book. The kids thought it was fun being about cookies. They both gave it 4 stars.
I also didn’t like that it was book ended by elephant and piggy. I am not a fan. This was a miss for me. If it weren’t for the kids liking it so much, I would have given it 2 stars on my own. I still love Dan Santat and I look forward to any new books he writes. I wasn’t able to connect to this is all.
I love Dan Santat’s work and I’m not feeling this one. It is a more beginning book. The kids thought it was fun being about cookies. They both gave it 4 stars.
I also didn’t like that it was book ended by elephant and piggy. I am not a fan. This was a miss for me. If it weren’t for the kids liking it so much, I would have given it 2 stars on my own. I still love Dan Santat and I look forward to any new books he writes. I wasn’t able to connect to this is all.
You know that laughter that leaves your head hurting a little bit because you maybe need more oxygen? Where you have tears running down your face because you just can't stop laughing? That's the type of laughing I did when I read this book. The art and the voice of the Hippo just killed me.
Easy Readers are difficult to do well. It's hard to find a good balance of art, plot and easy to read. The text needs to be bigger and the font needs to be simple. This book does a great job with all three.
The art is wonderful. I have always like Santat's style. The facial expressions are killer, over-exaggerated and funny in a way that's appealing to kids (and clearly funny to at least one grown-up since I laughed so hard my co-workers were concerned). The story is silly and is a math problem, which I love.
This one is going on my go to list for kids and parents looking for new easy readers.
Easy Readers are difficult to do well. It's hard to find a good balance of art, plot and easy to read. The text needs to be bigger and the font needs to be simple. This book does a great job with all three.
The art is wonderful. I have always like Santat's style. The facial expressions are killer, over-exaggerated and funny in a way that's appealing to kids (and clearly funny to at least one grown-up since I laughed so hard my co-workers were concerned). The story is silly and is a math problem, which I love.
This one is going on my go to list for kids and parents looking for new easy readers.
Still weird frame narrative I think is unnecessary, but Dan Santat's story engaged me more than Laurie Keller's.
This book was great for introducing hypotheticals. Santat used a different medium, sculpture, to indicate potential situations being suggested by "could" and "should" words. It also slyly incorporated fractions and math concepts without being blatant--Hippo keeps breaking the cookies because Hippo is nervous, and the four friends end up with 12 cookie pieces: enough for three pieces each!
Also, the friends were very supportive of Hippo's anxiety. When Hippo yells, "GAH! SORRY! I CANNOT STOP!" after breaking the cookies again, Squirrel says simply, "it is what he does."
Subtle and up for interpretation for sure, but I interpreted that as a statement of fact and acceptance of Hippo's nervous habit.
This book was great for introducing hypotheticals. Santat used a different medium, sculpture, to indicate potential situations being suggested by "could" and "should" words. It also slyly incorporated fractions and math concepts without being blatant--Hippo keeps breaking the cookies because Hippo is nervous, and the four friends end up with 12 cookie pieces: enough for three pieces each!
Also, the friends were very supportive of Hippo's anxiety. When Hippo yells, "GAH! SORRY! I CANNOT STOP!" after breaking the cookies again, Squirrel says simply, "it is what he does."
Subtle and up for interpretation for sure, but I interpreted that as a statement of fact and acceptance of Hippo's nervous habit.
My son and daughter give this book 20 stars! Laugh out loud funny!
I will never tire of Dan Santat's illustrations and storytelling!