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allmadhere106's review
4.0
For: nonsense fans; readers looking for a silly book with look-and-find aspects.
Possible red flags: some wacky elements will be harder to find for a modern audience/outdated; shower seen with a bare behind.
Possible red flags: some wacky elements will be harder to find for a modern audience/outdated; shower seen with a bare behind.
susyispnk's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Nice little story, read it with one of my skills training clients and was very interactive.
kirstysbookishworld's review
3.0
This is one of those books you read a thousand times over and I don’t much mind it as it rhymes well and keeps your interest on each detail on the page.
ashleylm's review
3.0
Fun but inconsequential, similar to Where's Waldo or Dutch zoekboeks. Good for practicing spotting anomalies and counting with youngsters.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
drcopeland's review against another edition
5.0
I love this as an ESL teacher. This is a great way to get the child involved in the story. I can have them find the mistakes and then I can build on them but asking to name the objects that are wrong or for older ones, ask them what would it be like if they were really that way.
snowelf's review
4.0
This is not one of my favorite [a:Dr. Seuss|61105|Dr. Seuss|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1193930952p2/61105.jpg] (or [a:Theo LeSieg|398177|Theo LeSieg|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1210787606p2/398177.jpg]) books, but my son (3 1/2) enjoyed it immensely. It's a bit different from the other Dr. Seuss books too, and the wittiness here lies not in the text but in the illustrations that come with it. Already on the first page, something is wrong with the picture. And at each turn of page, you will see more and more "wacky" things. It gets a bit repetitive, shoes turn up in the strangest places, there are "wacky" animals all over the place, heads and legs will be missing, things don't touch the ground ... But, my son laughed so hard at some of them that I couldn't but be smitten.
There's a lot to look for on every page, so it's takes a while to get through the book. And, sure, it can be instructive. Some of the "wrongs" are even somewhat subtle, such as misspellings of words, and different combinations of colors, stars and stripes in the American flag. So, if you're reading for your child, you can have him find the appropriate number of "wrongs" on each page spread. But, it's not a great read-aloud, for having to stop all the time to look for things it's hard to attain a good reading cadence and get the rhymes to flow. It's probably a better book for independent readers, and I know my little guy will be coming back to it soon to read it all by himself. He'll get a kick out of that.
There's a lot to look for on every page, so it's takes a while to get through the book. And, sure, it can be instructive. Some of the "wrongs" are even somewhat subtle, such as misspellings of words, and different combinations of colors, stars and stripes in the American flag. So, if you're reading for your child, you can have him find the appropriate number of "wrongs" on each page spread. But, it's not a great read-aloud, for having to stop all the time to look for things it's hard to attain a good reading cadence and get the rhymes to flow. It's probably a better book for independent readers, and I know my little guy will be coming back to it soon to read it all by himself. He'll get a kick out of that.
shahrun's review against another edition
4.0
Although this doesn't quite have the usual zany energy and amazing art work of a Dr Seuss book, I found it very entertaining. Nearly every page the reader has to spot the deliberate 'wacky' mistakes. I was very surprised that I found it quite a challenge!