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One of the lesser Dr. Seuss books
I'm a huge Dr. Seuss fan -- he taught me to read -- but this is, in all honesty, not one of his better books.The message is great (reading, yay!) but the delivery is weak.The artwork and the text are both a bit flat, and he seems to be straining to emulate the vibrant wackiness of his earlier work.There's nothing "wrong" with this book, but you may find yourself reading it, wondering why it just isn't as fun as it ought to be.It's okay, but there are better books out there, including a LOT of great ones he's written.

Against the go to sleep club
I'm way too old for beginner books but I read "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!" anyway. It's good for young readers, but against the go to sleep club. It focuses on "Keep your eyes open so you can READ!" soooo much that it fights going to sleep. And what sense does "Reading with my eyes shut is bad for my hat and makes my eyebrows red hot!" make? They should say it's bad for your eyes but no, they say it's bad for your eyebrows and hat. And it would be terrible for Russian Blue Witch because she LOVES books toooooo much to pay attention to the world around her and help people. It would be better teaching going to sleep because I never let my sisters sleep, chattering stories all night. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"

Pretty cute book
This book is probably good if you have a young reader wanting to read a simple book. But if you're reading it to a child before bedtime, it doesn't really tell much of a story. I know that sounds weird, but it just kinda gets annoying after awhile to some children and it doesn't really spark too much imagination. Yes, it does create conversation about why the cat goes through trying to read with his eyes shut, but really, it just isn't all that much fun for a child to read.I'd try something else first like Go Dog Go, or just check this one out of the library first before buying it. You may like it but my family didn't. It just was boring to them. They couldn't wait until I put it down and picked up another book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Reading    7. Stories in rhyme    8. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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An exceptional presentation results.
This isn't just a written survey of key poems: over ninety poems are also presented on a cd of 52 performances by the poets and close friends, pairing written word with an imaginative spoken survey. Poems covered include Casey at the Bat, Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, and more: narrators range from Carl Sandburg and James Berry to J.R.R. Tolkien. An exceptional presentation results.

Poetry Speaks to Children
Great variety of poetry, nice to have on CD as well as the book

Great for many ages, my kids love it!
I bought this book for my two kids, age 10 and 7.Both constantly ask for this cd when we are riding in the car.We also have a Shel Silverstein cd but I wanted to expand their exposure to poetry beyond humorous rhymes.Since then I have purchased this book for many kids, from a bright 4 year old up through a 12 year old.All the feedback I have gotten has been very positive.It makes an excellent gift and is enjoyable for both adults and children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American poetry    2. Anthologies (multiple authors)    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children's poetry, American    5. Children's poetry, English    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Collections    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Poetry    10. Literary Criticism & Collections    11. Poetry    12. Poetry - General    13. Poetry - Nursery Rhymes    14. English literature: poetry texts & anthologies    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General   

Editorial Review

Caution: for advanced storytellers only! The tongue twisters in this book will have your children laughing for hours--and that laughter just might be directed at you! Mixing genuine words with classic Seuss vocabulary, Read more

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My favorite children's book to read aloud!
This book captures literary genius in the form of childish tongue twisters.It proves to be an excellent practice of diction and reading rhythm while providing extreme entertainment for the little listener.The love of words is the beginning of all great literary accomplishment, and this child's book is a step in the right direction.

Oh, Say I Can't Say
This book was one of my husbands favorites when he was growing up, and now that we are expecting a child he wanted our son to have the same experience.He was so excited when it arrived that he read it to me as a bedtime story.The riddles start out easy, but by the end of the book your tongue is so twisted it's hard to say anything!!It's a lot of fun and we really look forward to hearing our son try to say these riddles when he learns to speak.

What a fun book!
This is a really fun book to read. However, you REALLY have to pay attention to the words or you will mess them up.If you love tongue twisters, this is the book for you.It also is great for young readers, but they may become frustrated with some of the words.It's fun for little ones to listen to and to see how fast you can say these phrases.When you hear "faster, faster," well, you know you're encouraging reading in your child.A very fun book - I recommend it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Humor / Jokes    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Humor - General    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Tongue twisters    7. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

Editorial Review

That behatted and bow-tied cat from Dr. Seuss's Read more

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the second funnycat in the hat
this dr.Seuss book is a funnyer book then thefirst one.the Cat in the hat is not as funny as the second one. the second one is classical it is very very very funny. i loved the book so you should relly read it.why i mostly liked it because of little cats abc,def,ghi,jkl,mno,pqr,stu,vwx,y and z. i am seven years old.

The Crazy Cat Comes Back
I thought this books was very good. I liked this book because it's very creative. Also i liked this book because its a very silly book for you to read at night. Also if you are in a bad mood that dorky Cat in the Silly hat will cheer you up! Dr. Seuss is a very good author. He expresses his amagination through the cat, which makes the story even better. I also liked this story because the stupid cat always makes messes and problems then ends up not only picking up his own mess but everybody elses as well, and make a big problem into a great thing. Therefor even though its a childesh book something in it makes it special and so i enjoyed it very much!

Cat-echism
As we covered in our review of the Cat in the Hat (Cat and Chaos September, 2004), the Cat represents Chaos in the otherwise pleasing order of things in Suburban America. Now, Mr. and Mrs. Average have left their offspring home alone again, and the cat comes back. Right here, the average reader has to be questioning why someone hasn't gotten that cat on the list of child-stalkers, or at least had a restraining order taken out against him.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Cats    2. Cats    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. General    6. Humorous Stories    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Nonsense verses    9. Poetry    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Cats   

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Form Over Content
A fellow teacher is doing a unit on African-American lit and the Civil Rights Movement as a lead-in to Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"."A Wreath for Emmett Till" was one of the books she shared with the class.I have perused it myself, still unsure whether I should actually purchase it or not.Two things other reviewers have mentioned that I too find appealing about the book are:1)The sheer complexity of constructing a heroic crown of sonnets and 2)the historical backdrop of the events described.Unfortunately, these aspects have very little to do with the content of the poems themselves.Most of the information about Till is contained in the preface and afterword, not in the poems themselves.Likewise, others reviewers, like I, praise Nelson for giving a tour-de-force in making a heroic crown of sonnets (and her commentaries about the sonnets were enlightening), but to be honest, the poems themselves were not particularly outstanding.I would buy the book more as an example of the structure and form of poetry rather than as an example of good poetry (If that makes sense).

Beautiful Poem
This book is in the form of a Heroic Sonnet is a brilliantly written book. It is about giving a wreath to Emmett Till, a young child who was lynched after whistling at a white woman. Till, who normally lived in Chicago, was spending the time at his uncle for the summer. After whistling at a white woman, Briant, Milan and a third person kidnapped Emmett Till. Soon after the kidapping, they lynched him. Later in the Trial, Briant and Milan were found not guilty, though later, it was proven they were guilty. This book was brilliantly written into a heroic sonnet, each of the first lines stating: R.I.P. EMMETT L. TILL. It got me emotionally connected, displeased by the racism people had back then (i.e. allowing Briant and Millan the right to be not guilty just because Till was Black). This book was brilliantly written through the use of similies. It allowed you to invision the racism back then. The only comment I have against it is the World Trade Center reference, mentioning 9/11 hadn't happened yet. Other than that, A Wreath for Emmet Till by Marilyn Nelsen was an excellent work of poetry.

Ambitious but highly disapointing
This ambitious poetry book is based on a little known poetic style known as a crown of sonnets, used historically to honor great kings.In this unique book, author Marilyn Nelson tries to apply it to an ordinary kid named Emmett Till whose name became household when he was brutally lynched, and outrage over his murder fueled the early flames of the black civil rights movement.
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Subjects:  1. 1941-1955    2. African American teenage boys    3. African Americans    4. Children's 12-Up - Poetry    5. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    6. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    7. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    8. Crimes against    9. History - United States/20th Century    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile poetry    12. Law & Crime    13. People & Places - United States - African-American    14. Poetry (Young Adult)    15. Poetry - General    16. Till, Emmett,    17. Trials (Murder)    18. Lynching    19. Hate crimes   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Interactive Adventure    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    6. Board books    7. Novelty, toy & die-cut books    8. Nursery rhymes    9. Picture books   

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complicated read
i purchased go dog go for my son and he loved the spanish version. so i decided to go with green eggs(since i have read it over 50 times)and it was not as easy to follow and the words were a little difficult to relate. i can speak a little spanish and read a little but this book left me struggling.

Great bedtime reading for kids ! ! !
I bought it for my three year old son, and I can't express how much joy my little one has every night when he goes to bed, he immediately runs to bed and literally ask my wife or me to start reading. I highly recommend it for all the little ones!! ! !, you won't regret it.

It rhymes! Great vocabulary stretcher!
Many translated classics don't have the original flow of the English title. This one does! I read it to my Spanish classes about once a month and have begun leaving out words - because of the repetition, they are all (ages 3 to 18) grabbing more vocabulary, and laugh as they listen.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Classics    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Spanish: Grades 2-3   

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The most wonderful Canadian folk story
As a kid growing up in Ontario I heard this poem a million times.Now that I have a daughter of my own, I absolutely love sharing it with her.This is Service's masterpiece and it is beautifully accompanied by Ted Harrison's inspired paintings.We enjoy looking at the pictures as much as rolling through the perfectly paced tale of the gold rush.Anthony Yanow

A new version of the classic poem for the next generation
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
part of growing up
I think just about anyone who has taken a literature class has been ENCOURAGED...[required] to memorize this poem.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Poetry - General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General   

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wonderful book
This is an incredible book.The poems are darling and I am not a huge poetry fan.The art work is truly amazing.Hard to believe anyone could be so talented...

This is the most complete flower fairies book out there
When it comes to the flower faires by Cicely Mary Barker this one of the most complete.There is so much material here that it would take several hours to really get through it.
The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies
This book is beautifully painted, but it would be better if the drawing also includes the background. Some of the Fairies are cropped, so we could not enjoy the beautiful surrounding where it was depicted.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children's poetry, English    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Fairy Tales & Folklore - General    5. Fairy poetry, English    6. Flowers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Juvenile poetry    9. Poetry - General    10. Character books    11. Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories    12. Folklore    13. Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Single Title   

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I loved this book
What a great book. Timeless. Highly Recommend for children and adults. Right up there with the great works of Dr. Seuss.And don't forget to get The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.
This Book Is A Paean To Divorce/Splits.
Written by the author and divorcee, Shel Silverstein, this book trys to instill, via allegory, the idea that a permanent split or divorce is unquestionably good. Although this story can be read as a lamentable opinion of the author on the union of couples, it can be also read as a story of an abusive relationship wherein one of the partners in the union is controlling to the point that the other partner cannot stop to talk to friends, smell the flowers or act in any independent manner. Whatever the author meant to convey when he wrote this book, 'The Missing Piece,' it is at best a gloomy read, if not an outright pessimistic one.
The Missing Piece
Searching, looking, seeking, just can't find the missing piece. This is one of those books where you have buckets of fun and is easy to understand. I think this book is for all readers young to old or beginner to experienced. They will all have fun reading this book. This book is about a part of a circle who can't find his missing piece. He looks all over and can't find his missing piece, or does he. Get this amazing book and read it for you self. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Circle    4. Classics    5. Fiction    6. Humorous Stories    7. Social Issues - Friendship    8. Juvenile Fiction / Classics   

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I AM PRETTY IMPRESSED BY THIS ONE AS ARE THE KIDS
The illustrator, Tony Diterlizzi has taken a wonderful old Victorian tale/poem and done a wonderful job with it.When I first opened this work I was fearful that it was one of those works that had deluted the original story (to save our current crop of ultra-sensitive kids) to the point that the story had lost it's true meaning and originality.Not so here.This was one of my favorite poems when I was a child sixty some odd years ago, and still is.There are a number of excellent lessons to learn here and they come through very powerfully with the wonderful illustrations provided.I have read this one to the children in class and they all love it.It is good to see that some are keeping our old stories alive in their original form.Recommend this one highly.

"Come hither, hither pretty Fly."
Quite simply, the illustrations are gorgeous! Tony DiTerlizzi's black and white gouache paintings set an appropriate mood for such a dark tale. His artwork vividly complements Mary Howitt's clasic poem. There are many details to be seen upon repeated readings of the book. I encourage you to give full attention to the illustrations. The book may not be appropriate for especially young children as they may be frightened by both the Spider and the tone of the story. Exercise caution and use your best judgment when deciding whether or not to read this to your child.
Simply awesome
I have to admit something. I have a two-year-old, and I used her as an excuse to purchase this book. The truth, however, is that I bought it for me. I'd seen it in a book store a year before and fallen in love. The art work is gothic, dark, and incredibly detailed. The poem itself is morosely beautiful. The two put together create nothing short of a collector's item.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children's poetry, English    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Flies    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile Poetry    7. Poetry    8. Poetry - General    9. Spiders    10. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc.    11. Conduct of life   

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reading and singing
It'll be a good fun bedtime story for little ones, your children will love it. Reading and singing can be motivating to foreign students from 5 to 7, it can be used at a sleepover

Amazon Books rock!
Good book, great price! Even better than you can get in-store. My wife wanted this book for our baby's collection because she grew up with this book and she loved it as a child. This book gives children the pictures to go along with the related song, too.

Useless
This book is boring, doesn't teach the child anything new (might as well just sing the easy lyrics), and the illustrations are dull.Waste of money! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Apes & Monkeys    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children's poetry    4. Children: Preschool    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Humorous Stories    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Nursery rhymes    9. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Apes & Monkeys    10. Picture books   

Editorial Review

"Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches / Had bellies with stars. / ThePlain-Belly Sneetches / Had none upon thars." This collection of four of Dr. Seuss's most winning stories begins with that unforgettable tale of the unfortunate Sneetches, bamboozled by one Sylvester McMonkey McBean ("the Fix-it-up Chappie"), who teaches them that pointless prejudice can be costly. Following the Sneetches, a South-Going Zax and a North-Going Zax seem determined to butt heads on the prairie of Prax. Then there's the tongue-twisting story of Mrs. McCave--you know, the one who had 23 sons and named them all Dave. (She realizes that she'd be far less confused had she given them different names, like Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face or Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate.) A slightly spooky adventure involving a pair of haunted trousers--"What was I scared of?"--closes out the collection. Read more

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seuss book lovers
great family book.My son loves the sneetches, i love the fact i can teach him a lesson in a fun and loving manner.he is four and can read some of the stories to me.. great value too.

Great story that teaches an important lesson!
I can recall many viewings of "The Sneetches" when I was a young kid, but with age, the movie sort of went away...until 1995, when I was in sixth grade.My teacher suprised us with a movie to show during Social Studies class..."The Sneetches."My class was excited about seeing an old favorite, and while we were entertained, the real reason he showed it was that it provided a lesson--just because you look different on the outside doesn't mean your different on the inside.The story teaches acceptance of those that are different.The Plain-Belly Sneetches wanted stars, b/c they had none.The were looked down upon, and a scam artist decided to help the Plain-Belly Sneetches get the stars they wanted.Not to be outdone, the Star-Belly Sneetches had theirs removed.This resulted in the Sneetches replacing and removing the stars.
Pale green pants with nobody inside 'em
When I was a kid, the very last story in this book scared the hell out of me. No, really. It's called "What Was I Afraid Of" and it's about a pair of pale green pants with nobody inside 'em. I spent many nights both horrified and fascinated by that concept. I swear it's why I write the morbid stuff I write today.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Fantasy    4. Humorous Stories    5. Nonsense verses    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Stories in rhyme    8. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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It's so rare to find something new in the world of children's books, but this book is a bit different.
This book has a great gimmick.It's a book designed to be ready by two people, complete with a chorus to be read by all.The layout, text for one reader to one side, text for the other reader to the other side, and font color act as natural prompts for each reader to read his part.It's a good alternative for the child who doesn't like sappy poetry, since it will still develop his ear to the beauty of verse. My seven year old loved it for one read, and then said I could return it to the library, but I was very happy to have it.It helped broaden his horizones and get him used to some different rhyming words and ways of phrasing.Enjoy!

You Read to meI'll Read to You
My husband and I have read this to our grandchildren and read together. The kids thought it was great to see us reading together!Great book for fluency in the classroom also.

great format for reading together
This book was great for interactions with reading between two people.One of the stories with mice, dogs and cats was not a good example of how to resolve conflict - threat was countered with threat - but the format for reading together and the rhyming were excellent and the rest of the stories modeled good values."I hate my hat" is my son's favorite. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American poetry    2. Books and reading    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children's poetry    5. Children's poetry, American    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Poetry    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Short Stories    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Humorous   

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Locomotion
Locomotion is a book about an eleven year old boy and his life.The boys name is Lonnie Collins Motion.His parents died when he was 7 years old in a fire and him and his sister are in two different homes but not to far from each other.The whole book is poems in a notebook his teacher gave to him. He visits his sister every once in a while and just knows her foster mom doesn't want a boy to live with her.There are many things that go on in his life and he deals with it by writing it in a poem.

I GUESS THIS IS A GOOD BOOK
Locomotion is a story about a kid that wrote a book in poetry-form. He talks about stories of his mom and his family. This is a sad story. Some of the stories talk about his friend or classmate that is disabled. I liked this story because it's written in poetry-form and that he talks about a lot of poems in this story. I think that you should read this book if you like poems.But it doesnt have so much action.

Overrated Short Book By Matt Pieper
Locomotion, by Jaqueline Woodson is an overrated poem-based fiction book about an eleven year old boy named Lonnie.Lonnie is going through some tough times. His parents died in a fire and now Lonnie has to live with Miss Edna.His sister Lili is his sister, but she was also separated to a different foster parent.Lonnie has three main friends, Eric Lamont, and Angel.Lonnie also has to learn poetry because his teacher Miss Marcus is teaching the class about poetry and now Lonnie wants to tell his story in poetry format.I think this book should be for people ages 10 and up.I also think that this book is an easy to read fiction book and it's a short one too.
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Subjects:  1. African American boys    2. Brothers and sisters    3. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Family - General    7. Foster home care    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Poetry    10. People & Places - United States - African-American    11. Poetry - General    12. Juvenile Fiction / Ethnic / African American   

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adorable
I had Dr. Seuss' books as a child and want my baby to enjoy them as much as I did. This nursery book is brightly colored, very sturdy and my 5-mo old keeps reaching for it. The plastic fish on the top make noise and baby loves to keep count with them. I'm very very happy with this purchase. I also reccomend other board books form this nursery collection.

My Son Loves It
My 2 1/2 year old son loves this book. It is simple enough that he has memorized it and "reads" it himself.

Disappointed
The book is far short of original text, not interesting enough to hold attention.I would not recommend it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Children: Preschool    6. Concepts - Counting    7. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    8. Counting    9. Fiction    10. Fishes    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Specimens    13. Toy and movable books    14. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting   

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Pure Bosh
What a deep, deep woman this Maya Angelou is. At least this book ADMITS it's for little kids, unlike a lot of her other work.

an art book for parents and children
This book is vibrant in both sight and sound.Basquiat's images fly off the page as do Angelou's words.Despite the brevity of the poetry, it is not a quick read.Time is spent looking at and discussing the artwork, and how it and the poetry interrelate with life.A 1st grader's art appreciation course in practice.Excellent for the living room coffee table.

Nourish your child's intellect... cautiously
As an adult and a student, I was truly enchanted by this unique concatenation of Maya Angelou's spirited, optimistic poetry and Jean-Michel Basquiat's bold, explosive paintings."Life" is less a story than an affirmation - the child narrator (whose gender is left to the imagination) lists a dozen or so items that could be causes for concern in young child's mind, but then conquers these fears with "They don't frighten me at all."Equally impressive are the brief, but detailed biographical sketches of both artists that closes the book.Read more

Subjects:  1. American poetry    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children's poetry, American    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Fear    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile poetry    9. Poetry    10. Poetry - General    11. Preschool Nursery Rhymes / Poetry    12. Angelou, Maya    13. Basquiat, Jean Michel    14. English literature: poetry texts & anthologies    15. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General    17. Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -   

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The worst translation I've ever seen
This is a put-down to the Spanish language.It is literally translated- word-for-word, and obviously that does not work with any kind of translation.The translator has to use his/her disgression to transmit the message through whatever type of mediumthey are working with.In this case, Dr. Seuss's writing is playful and rhyming- this translation does not do this book any justice.They should really never have published this.Even as a non-native speaker of Spanish, I know that this translation is not well-done.My suggestion-- go read "Huevos verdes con jamon", which is wonderful.

AWFUL TRANSLATION!!!
We first bought "Huevos Verdes con Jamon" an excellent translation of "Green Eggs and Ham."The translator, Aida E. Marcuse, managed to play with the wording to retain the "Seussian" rhyme, rhythm, and whimsy.Based on that, we bought this bilingual edition without inspecting it first--big mistake!
Horrible, useless
Not only does this lose all the wit and charm of the original, it's not even very good as a Spanish primer.I can't imagine a real Spanish speaker using this kind of convoluted syntax.If you're looking for a fun Spanish children's book to read, then "Huevos Verdes con Jamon" (Green Eggs and Ham) is a much better choice, as well as many of the other Aida Marcuse translations.If what you want is a good vocabulary-builder transliteration, try the Spanish versions of P.D. Eastman's Books ("Corre, Perro Corre!" or "Eres tu Mi Mama?").Anything but this. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Cats    2. Bilingual books    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Classics    5. English-Spanish    6. Fantasy    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    11. Spanish language materials    12. Spanish: Grades 1-2    13. Spanish: Grades 4-7    14. Animal stories    15. Cats    16. Humour & jokes    17. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories    18. Science fiction   

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Super-Fabulous!
Way too expensive in the book stores, but buying like this. My daughter was so happy!

Falling Up
I remember the poems as a kid, and reading them again i remember why. they are funny and suitable for anyone adult or kid alike.

Whimsical
"Falling Up" by Shel Silverstein,
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One of my daughter's favorites
Our 1 year old loves this book, and I love it because of all the loving detail.
Not a very exciting book
This book does not follow the traditional "Wheels on the Bus" song. The illustrations are nice and colorful, but the structure of the board book (holes placed for the wheels, windows, etc) are bland and do nothing to promote learning or the concepts portrayed. I do not recommend this book for an interactive reader.

loves it
a toddler favorite.sing/modify the "classic" song with the words from this book and you have a sure fire hit.My toddler takes it on car trips (everyone in the car has to sing!) Its fun to read it together and point out the next items that are appearing in the "holes" ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. General    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Board books    7. Nursery rhymes