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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
All three of our children have loved this book. I didn't have the same effect on me initially, but seeing how they've each taken to it dearly--I am in awe of Sendak. He has a pulse on kids. They've loved all of the books we've gotten of his: Chilcken Soup with Rice and that quad of books, Where the Wild Things Are, and even the Little Bear books for which he did the illustrations. This man is a genius. Where the Wild Things Are was one of my childhood favorites, but I enjoy this even more, because of how my kids have loved it so.
I enjoyed hearing an interview with Sendak on Fresh Air, NPR.
I enjoyed hearing an interview with Sendak on Fresh Air, NPR.
Mickey falls out of his clothes and bed into the night kitchen. The city is made of food containers. Mickey gets some milk from the Milky Way so the 3bakers can make a cake.
Themes -- cakes, cooking, dreams, imagination
I love this book and the food skyline. The pictures are great. It's fun to read this with the kids and then make your own food container city.
Themes -- cakes, cooking, dreams, imagination
I love this book and the food skyline. The pictures are great. It's fun to read this with the kids and then make your own food container city.
2019 Lucky 13 Challenge - easy to pick a book that's only 40 pages long. Sad to think that this book was banned by librarians (!!) because Mickey was naked. Good grief.
I have a confession to make, goodreads. You might want to sit down.
I've been seeing other literary social cataloguing websites.
No, wait, put that plate down. It wasn't because I really wanted to see anyone else. . . it was for my grade. *dodges plate* Wait, wait, let me explain! The thing is, I'm doing a big project on book reviews.
I'm analyzing the rhetorical differences between online book reviews and those published in print.
From meta-reviews to highly negative reviews, to reviews that are discussing the process of reading the book instead of the actual book itself, I'm searching for every kind of trend that's developing. Including the brilliant one-sentence reviews.
How many have I been seeing? Uh, like four. Probably six by the end of the week. *dodges a lamp* But I'm not reviewing with them, goodreads! I'm just there for the . . . well, you know . . . if I want my project to say anything, I need to know the lay of the land, don't I?
But, more than just literary social cataloguing websites, I'm also looking at other parts of the internet: online-only reviewers, amazon.com book reviews, and on and on. The project itself will be specifically about reviews on goodreads, but I'm going to do some comparisons to see why our reviews are better than theirs. Because they are, and I love you the best.
I'm saying all this because it would just be the cat's pajamas if anyone knows a website I should check out, article I should read, or even a specific review that you think of as a "must read."
And I raise the question: is it even a book review if the book is never mentioned, nor any issue about the book's subject matter raised?
Reminds me of the author's interview where he's shocked people think his books are for children.
(Read with little sister as part of the "1,001 Children's Books To Read")
It was a cute little story with awesome illustration, but odd because all the naked kid illustrations.
It was a cute little story with awesome illustration, but odd because all the naked kid illustrations.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
And nothing’s the matter!
This was exactly as entertaining, cute, and funky as I remembered. I did not remember seeing the character child naked, not loving that. But I like how cute the book is and it has nostalgia for me. I hope Josie will like it (but please don’t tell her yet, it’s a birthday present)
I’m not the milk and the milk’s not me!
I think she loved it :)
Did you ever hear of Mickey, how he heard a racket in the night and shouted QUIET DOWN THERE! and fell through the dark, out of his clothes past the moon & his mama & papa sleeping tight into the light of the night kitchen?
We read it twice this time and she spent most of the first read trying to convince me to read her a Goosebumps story instead. She half paid attention each of two times, which is kind of almost like paying rapt attention once?
This was exactly as entertaining, cute, and funky as I remembered. I did not remember seeing the character child naked, not loving that. But I like how cute the book is and it has nostalgia for me. I hope Josie will like it (but please don’t tell her yet, it’s a birthday present)
I’m not the milk and the milk’s not me!
I think she loved it :)
Did you ever hear of Mickey, how he heard a racket in the night and shouted QUIET DOWN THERE! and fell through the dark, out of his clothes past the moon & his mama & papa sleeping tight into the light of the night kitchen?
We read it twice this time and she spent most of the first read trying to convince me to read her a Goosebumps story instead. She half paid attention each of two times, which is kind of almost like paying rapt attention once?
