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ecote525's review
5.0
What can I say? I'm a sucker for silly rhymes. Bonus points for stick figure drawings.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
4.0
This bouncy text captures attention even though the poetry uses very simplistic repetitive language. The twisted humor kept me chuckling and sometimes laughing outright. I am excited about sharing this with my beginning readers and those that may have negative feelings toward reading.
tami_provencher's review
4.0
Fun, funny, silly, short rhyming stories. Like FOX IN SOX style with a decidedly sarcastic[as opposed to absurd] bent. Great for older phonics—grades 2 and 3 for sure
faeriedrumsong's review
4.0
With great humor and what is quickly becoming a classic mixture of comic drawings and traditional book layouts, this book is the perfect step up from Bob Books. In fact, they employ many of the same word combinations, except they are not NEARLY as babyish.
For kids who perhaps struggle with sounding out words, and conceptualizing reading, and even just might not enjoy reading yet, this could be the perfect bridge. It is packaged like a big kid book. Nice cover, artwork is not at all babyish, yet it allows for some who may be behind in their reading to still get in on the joke. And there are plenty of them. Rats hitting cats with bats, Jack the yak jumping out of a sack and fleeing on horseback, and kangaroos lending kids their super-roo-glue are all part of the wordplay humor.
Recommended for both emerging and reluctant readers.
For kids who perhaps struggle with sounding out words, and conceptualizing reading, and even just might not enjoy reading yet, this could be the perfect bridge. It is packaged like a big kid book. Nice cover, artwork is not at all babyish, yet it allows for some who may be behind in their reading to still get in on the joke. And there are plenty of them. Rats hitting cats with bats, Jack the yak jumping out of a sack and fleeing on horseback, and kangaroos lending kids their super-roo-glue are all part of the wordplay humor.
Recommended for both emerging and reluctant readers.
jjamy55's review
4.0
I think I just read more than 2 books in 24 hours! Ohohoh! A great success!! Yohooooo! This one is pretty funny! It rhymes and the stories are quite interesting! There a few stories in this book and I have 2 fav, Duck in a truck in the muck and Ed and Ted's and Ted's dog Fred! This is a good book for children to read! 4 stars!
dreesreads's review
3.0
This book is a collection of funny tongue-twisting rhymes. And I was reading them out loud, so trust me when I say tongue-twisting. "The Cat, The Mat, The Rat, and The Baseball Bat" was my 6yo's favorite.
I would have given this four stars, but the last rhyme, "Andy G, Terry D, the Brave Tea Lady, and the Evil Bee" struck me as being a ripoff of the book [b:A Fly Went By|980501|A Fly Went By|Mike McClintock|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179968669s/980501.jpg|2070224] (which I have read many many MANY times). Just much much shorter.
I would have given this four stars, but the last rhyme, "Andy G, Terry D, the Brave Tea Lady, and the Evil Bee" struck me as being a ripoff of the book [b:A Fly Went By|980501|A Fly Went By|Mike McClintock|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179968669s/980501.jpg|2070224] (which I have read many many MANY times). Just much much shorter.
madhamster's review
5.0
Fun, fun, fun! Perfect for kids who want to be reading 'real' books, but don't quite have the reading vocabulary. Note: they do have to be a wee bit twisted (humour-wise)
tien's review against another edition
4.0
creative
fun
and
funny
I'm obviously not in any way a poet but you & your kids will enjoy & just admire their creativity in rhyming :)
fun
and
funny
I'm obviously not in any way a poet but you & your kids will enjoy & just admire their creativity in rhyming :)