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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Aladdin Catalog: Book Release date: 2000-08-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 32 Ean: 9780689835681 Book Isbn: 068983568X Reading level: Ages 4-8  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthors:
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 Written on February 21, 2008 Summary: I'm of two minds I loved the first part of it, until the little letters started falling out of the tree and getting injured. Then it gets worse ... they sneak out of bed at night, not having learned their lesson (and obviously defying their parents) and climb the tree again! This isn't a message I want to instill in my little ones, particularly not when accompanied by a catchy song! Furthermore: FALSE ADVERTISING!!! The CD says it includes the song SUNG by Ray Charles ... it's not, he SPEAKS it and he does an extremely poor job of that. His recitation is flat, unemotional, and boring. Your local kindergarden teacher would have done a better job, by injecting color, emotion, and excitement into the reading of the text. Then there are several "street" rhymes (that's what THEY call them!) on the CD which are very uninteresting. Track #5 presents the authors singing a light, catchy tune which I quite enjoy, followed by more obnoxious street chants. The last chant presents the letters coming down the tree backwards (and safely). Why didn't the authors use THIS rhyme for the second half of their book (and song)? Oh, and how do you think your child is going to learn the alphabet by memorizing this story? When I was young, yes, when I had to alphabetize things, I'd recite the alphabet song to myself, but that only included the letters of the alphabet, not a whole lot of other words in between. How is a child going to learn to alphabetize things (with any amount of speed) if he has to recite "A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you t the top of the coconut tree"? It will take them forever just to get to the letter D! My recommendation to the authors and publisher: ditch the second half of the book for the backwards rhyme on the CD, and have Ray actually SING the song, and have your child's kindergarten teacher to read the story. Then I would give this book and CD 50 stars! Written on February 18, 2008 Summary: Great way to learn the alphabet I bought this book as a supplement to a video book so I could make out the words to the song and teach the kids. Just wish there were more verses to the song since the kids ask for it so often!  Written on February 13, 2008 Summary: my favorite book to read to my daughter this book is so cute and adorable! after watching the video made by scholastic on youtube, i was able to sing along using the book and my daughter just lights up when i do this! i love reading and singing this book to her - its definitely one of my favorites! Written on February 11, 2008 Summary: My son's favorite My son adores this book. All he has to do is see the cover and he starts grinning and squealing, "Boom Boom!" The rhythm and meter are such that even young children can remember and follow the progress of the book. And there are parts where you can invent motions and actions to go with the book that really make it a TON of fun for a small child. My son loves it. I do wish it came in a board book because my son hasn't learned to be careful with pages yet. Written on February 3, 2008 Summary: An instant hit with the little ones I put this book on our daughter's Christmas list after hearing it praised here and there. I'd occasionally seen it in lists of "must buy" books for wee ones, and a colleague spent one subway ride home with me extolling the virtues of it. He noted that its appeal may seem elusive to adults at first, but if read with the appropriate rhythmic delivery, small children ate it up. Boy is that the truth. Among my daughter's dozens of books, it's hard for a new one to stand out. But this one did, and still does. She was approaching 22 months of age at Christmas time, and she received about 8 books from relatives that holiday. This is the one she wanted to have read over and over. "Again!" she would exclaim after each reading: 3, 4, 5 times in a row. Before long she was grabbing the book herself, flipping through the pages, and shouting passages out loud. What's the secret? You got me. Part of it is just the silly sonic character of the writing. Kids revel in amusing syllabic combinations like "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and "Skit Skat Skoodle Doot, Flip Flop Flee." What's not to love about that? Oh, yes. There's a story here, too. The small letters of the alphabet all clamber up a coconut tree, causing it to bend and sag and to dump them all out on the ground. The parents (big letters) come running to retrieve their offspring. The "kids" all sport amusingly illustrated injuries ("l" is tied in a knot, "f" sports a band-aid, and so forth.) But when night comes, the letter "a" starts the merriment all over again. Story aside; it's the infectious babble that makes the book irresistible. Don't try to understand it; just get it for your kid, and be glad you did! |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2000-08-01 | 1996-09-15 | 1994-03-23 | 1998-05-15 | 1991-08-02 | 1987-07-15 |
| Media | Paperback | Board book | Board book | Paperback | Board book | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 32 | 32 | 13 | 64 | 30 | 32 |
| Ean | 9780689835681 | 9780805047905 | 9780399226908 | 9780064430227 | 9780694003617 | 9780689711732 |
| Book Isbn | 068983568X | 0805047905 | 0399226907 | 0064430227 | 0694003611 | 0689711735 |
| Upc | - | 038332270631 | - | - | 000694003615 | - |
| Reading level | Ages 4-8 | Baby-Preschool | Baby-Preschool | Ages 4-8 | Baby-Preschool | Ages 4-8 |
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