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A review by toastieghostie
Gerald McBoing Boing by Dr. Seuss
We checked this book out from the library because my son loves the television show. It’s a great book with nice sounds and teaches onomatopoeia to young children.
The short story is a bit darker than the tv show though. Gerald’s parents are ashamed of him and the kids at school are mean to him. Then at the end, when Gerald’s sounds make the family rich, his parents finally accept him. It’s not pointed out that it’s wrong for his parents to reject him foe who he is, which kind of irked me. Otherwise, this is a fun book and my children asked me to read it a few times.
This is my first review on Goodreads for a kid’s book. I don’t think I will give stars to books I get for my kids, but I think it will be fun to talk about them.
The short story is a bit darker than the tv show though. Gerald’s parents are ashamed of him and the kids at school are mean to him. Then at the end, when Gerald’s sounds make the family rich, his parents finally accept him. It’s not pointed out that it’s wrong for his parents to reject him foe who he is, which kind of irked me. Otherwise, this is a fun book and my children asked me to read it a few times.
This is my first review on Goodreads for a kid’s book. I don’t think I will give stars to books I get for my kids, but I think it will be fun to talk about them.