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Imagine all the happiness and wealth you could achieve if you found a magic pebble that granted your every wish! Sylvester Duncan, an unassuming donkey who collects pebbles "of unusual shape and color," experiences just such a lucky find. But before he can make all his wishes come true, the young donkey unexpectedly encounters a mean-looking lion. Startled, Sylvester wishes he were a rock, but in mineral form he can no longer hold the pebble, and thus cannot wish himself back to his equine trappings. His parents, thinking he has disappeared, are at first frantic, then miserable, and then plunge into donkey ennui. Meanwhile, Sylvester is gravely depressed, but tries to get used to being a rock.Read more

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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
This is a story that is as fresh today as it was when it was orginally written. It encourages make believe, yet allows for a feeling of security through the need for others.

aclassic children's story

Magic, Unintended Consequences, and When All Seems Lost, a Happy Ending

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Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Classics    6. Donkeys    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    10. Early learning / early learning concepts    11. Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic   

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Doctor De Soto is a well-respected mouse-dentist who runs a successful practice with his wife (and able assistant) Mrs. De Soto. The De Sotos are friendly and professional toward all their patients, from chipmunks to donkeys to cows, the exception being "cats and other dangerous animals," as stated clearly on the sign outside the office. But the De Sotos are tender-hearted rodents, so when a miserable fox shows up begging for treatment, they agree to have a look (perhaps against their better judgment). As it turns out, this fox, with "a rotten bicuspid and unusually bad breath," manages to behave himself while tiny Doctor De Soto is standing mid-molar inside his gaping jaws. When the wily fox returns the next day to get his replacement gold tooth, however, he has mouse-flavored snacks on his mind. Luckily, Doctor De Soto and his wife have anticipated such despicable canine intentions, and find a way to outfox the ungrateful fox. Read more

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Doctor DeSoto book
You can call me StoryMaker. "Doctor DeSoto" is not my favorite book, and I especially don't like the end. I like how they are animal people, but are the size they are supposed to be. What I mean is, they are animals that talk, walk on 2 legs, and live in their own house, but unlike most people animals, they are the size they are in real life. It would probably be a book a young child would adore (probably most children ages 3-5) but I don't fall into the "Dr. DeSoto lovers" category or the "children ages 3-5" category. This book is where a mouse named Dr. DeSoto (a dentist) finds out a fox is seeking dental care. Dr. DeSoto never let an animal that might eat him come in before (that's where them being the size they are in real life is important), but the fox really wants that dental care so Dr. DeSoto's wife lets him in. The part I hate the most is the end when Dr. DeSoto gives the fox his so-called special treatment so he won't eat them. That so-called special treatment causes the fox to not be able to eat anything, even if it isn't a DeSoto family member at all. He could DIE if it dosen't ware off! I actually don't have a lot of complaints, but this book is not very exciting. Overall, perhaps you may like it, but if you like foxes, this book will not please you. Signed, StoryMaker. "Gotta trust the kid's review!"

Funny, critical thinking perspective
Consider things from the point of view of the dentist and his patient . . . you'll be laughing out loud while reading this to your kids.

An entertaining story
Dr. Desoto is a humorous well illustrated story of a mouse dentist and how he solved a problem in an unexpected way. I have read this book to several children 5-8 yr. age range and they all loved it and wanted to borrow it. Parents will appreciate Dr, Desoto's desire to maintain his professional integrity. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Foxes    3. Animals - MiceHamstersGuinea Pigsetc.    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Dentists    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Mice    10. Juvenile Fiction / Health & Medicine   

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One summer day, newlywed mice Abel and Amanda are out for apicnic in the woods when they are caught in a sudden storm--a "full-fledged,screaming hurricane" to be precise. As they take refuge in a cave, a wind scoopsup Amanda's scarf, and Abel foolishly lunges from safety to retrieve it. So begins William Steig's Newbery Honor Book Read more

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Did not engage my 10-year-old
This was required reading for my son going into fifth grade.He is not a strong reader, and neither he nor I enjoyed it.The combination of a large amount of flowery language and very little action made it a struggle to get through.What little humor there was, was too sophisticated.It was hard for us to identify with this foppish married mouse who ate caviar and champagne.While I can appreciate that many (I guess most!) find it literary and delicious, my son found it boring, and looking at it through his eyes, I have to agree.

... A waste of time
I was forced to read Abel's Island for a school assingment. It was about this mouse on and island. Very boring.... It was miserable to have to read this, so do not waste your time reading it!!

The greatest fiction book I've read!
Abel's Island is about a mouse named Abel.He encounters a hurricane that separates him from his wife.After the storm, he ends up on an island where he cannot escape because of the current surrounding the island.He tries many ways to return to the place he loves, but all fail.About a year after countless attempts to leave the island, a frog appears by accident. Gover, the frog, becomes friends with Abel and says he will come back with people to help Abel.Abel's plans to return were very interesting.His methods were very creative so it held my attention.My favorite part was when he was fighting the owl.I found a similarity between Abel and Stuart Little. Both had to navigate water. Stuart little was successful, but was Abel?Read the book to find out. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - MiceHamstersGuinea Pigsetc.    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Islands    6. Mice    7. Survival    8. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Very wordy, disappointing denouement
I saw all the positive reviews here, and bought Amos & Boris to read to my two-year-old. I am often disappointed in aspects of the stories in children's books, and having to read them over and over, stories that my son likes that have endings that bother me can really get to me, so I'm always looking for the good ones.
Pretentious and tedious...kids immediately smell it as false
The tedious, self-serving prose in this book reads as though the author loves the sound of his own narative voice WAY too much. His endless, conjunction-addled sentences leave smart kids looking -- aching -- for the POINT. Steig sets up a sweet and caring friendship between a mouse and a whale -- certainly an unlikely pair -- but instead of playing with the natural contrasts there, he overburdens the story with his heavy-handed voice. There is so much focus on despair and helplessness that the story bogs down...and sinks under the weight of Steig's ego.

An excellent childrens book
I am actually 28 but I bought this book as it was my favourite book as a child. It is such a lovely story and I would recommend it to all children (and parents). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Legends, Myths, & Fables - Other    7. Mice    8. Whales    9. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General   

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Still loves it
This book came as part of a book club order for my daughter (maybe 15 years ago)... She ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!It was always on the bedtime story request list.She thoroughly enjoyed my reading of it, the journey of Brave Irene, and the completing of her task... To help her mother!She even related the "wicked wind" to our winter storms!Today, she is 23 and still very fondly remembers this book and wants to get it for HER daughter.I am ordering it today!Hopefully, they will enjoy it as much as we did.

Classroom pleaser
my son's second grade teacher read this to the class when they were comparing "pesky" words vs. "flashy" words and this book is full of GREAT words that second graders need to hear.sure she's a child in a messy situation but that's the deal in fairy tales. it's up to irene to get out of trouble on her own but she does it, in a mighty plucky fashion too!

We read it over and over again.
At age three I started reading Brave Irene to my daughter. She is now nine years old and it remains her all time favorite book. Back then we would read it at least tree times a week or more. Still, Now every once in awhile, Annie comes to me and says " can we read Brave Irene together". The story is about a young girl Irene who seems to be maybe nine or ten years old. Her mother is a dressmaker and has made a gown for the dutches for her ball.Unfortunatley her mother isn't feeling to well and can't get the gown to dutches in time for the ball.Irene being a very responsible, carring, and BRAVE child,Wants to help her mom. So she takes the gown to the dutches. She has some problems along the way, But because of her love for her mother, she is determined to get the job done. I feel that there are many lessons this book can teach a child. The main one being,CARRING. Our first copy of this book is so worn out, I recently bought a new one.. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1986    2. Blizzards    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Juvenile literature    8. New York (N.Y.)   

Editorial Review

Dominic is a one-of-a-kind dog. One day this exuberant, restless, freedom-loving fellow decides there isn't enough going on in his neighborhood to satisfy his need for adventure. And off he goes, with an assortment of hats (rakish, dashing, solemn, and martial), his precious piccolo, and a few other things, leaving a note on his door: Read more

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Astounding
Throughout my life, I'd always remembered the "first book I ever read" as about some dog who played the piccolo and traveled around with his possessions in a sack on a stick. I remembered it so fondly, like one of those few, golden memories you hold onto from childhood, when you still believed in the tooth faerie and unicorns.
Best children's book ever!
This was the first "real book" I remember reading as a little boy.I suppose I was about 6 or 7.I read and re-read Dominic many times and loved it more each time.I suppose it has be something like 35 years since I first read this book and I still remember it fondly.How many things can you say that about?

Great book!
I bought this book for my 7 year old because his name is also Dominic. I read it to him each night before bed. He really liked it. Dominic (the dog) is a very witty dog who gets through many different adventures. I actually enjoyed reading this book to my son. This book is positive and definitely gets kids to use their imaginations! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Dogs    4. Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner   

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Charming, funny, a little bit "witchy."
I like that Shrek likes himself for who he is.I like the theme, that there's someone for everybody.I don't especially care for the "evil magic" in it, but it is a very small part of the story.

Shrek, the ugliest guy around
When they came along, the moviemakers took a great deal of artistic license. Little of the book remains intact in the movie. The book starts with Shrek's parents hissing things over, and they decide to send Shrek "out in the world [to do] his share of damage". Shortly after he leaves home, Shrek meets with a witch who tells him his fortune in exchange for a few of Shrek's lice. Shrek is told that he will wed a princess who is even uglier than he, and is overjoyed at the news. On his way to the princess, Shrek meets a peasant, confronts thunder and lightning, defeats a dragon, has a nightmare of being loved by children, and meets a donkey who takes him to the castle. After defeating a knight he goes and meets his princess. The two get married and live horribly ever after.
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Shrek's parents were ugly but not as ugly as shrek even if you put them together
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. General    5. Humorous stories    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Monsters    8. Ugliness   

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I M N X-T-C!
smart! adorable! unexpected! (the book, not my kids...) taught me how to read
This book helped me learn to read when i was 3 years old. As long as you know the alphabet you can read this book, which makes it perfect for children who are learning to read.

This is the most fun book!
I remembered this book from my elementary school library, and was delighted to find that it had been reprinted.This book is meant to be read out loud and deciphered - our children ages 16 down to 6 were entertained, as were the adults in the house too.This book is just plain fun. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Games & Activities - General    4. Humor - Jokes & Riddles    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    7. Humour    8. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous   

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Make your kid into a pizza
Petes's in a bad mood because he can't go oult to play with his friends on this rainy day.To cheer him up and pass the time, his dad invents a fun and unique game. He is going to make a pizza out of Pete!The book is very amusing as the dad rolls the dough (Pete) and sprinkles cheese (paper) and tomatoes (checkers) on the pizza. This could be a wonderful game to play with your own children. Loads of fun to be had.

This is a hoot!
What a fun and engaging story.My boys love to have the "pizza treatment" all the time.I would definately recommend this story to most kids, and it's a fun, playful way to act out reading together.

Turn your kiddo into a pizza :0)
We borrowed this book from the library, but we're buying it for our permanent collection!
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Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Family - Parents    5. Fiction    6. Humorous Stories    7. Indoor games    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Parent and child    10. Pizza    11. Play    12. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    13. Social Situations - Emotions & Feelings    14. Comic strip fiction / graphic novels    15. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories    16. Picture books   

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Who hasn't known the sickening, demoralizing feeling of beingfalsely accused? In Read more

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Teacher's Point of View
This book was a wonderful experience for my 4th grade class. It demonstrated how one action, no matter what the motive, can affect others around you. My students liked predicting what would happen next and they also liked the "surprise" ending. The story was full of mini lessons that the students didn't mind learning because they were enjoying it so much! Review by a fourth-grade boy
This is a story about a goose who gets blamed for stealing treasure which he didn't steal. The best part was when you find out who the real thief is. I might have given it five stars if all the characters were human.

One of the best children's book I have ever read!!
I am an avid reader and this is the one THE BEST children's book I have read.Great moral and ethical values for a child to learn at an early age.Loyalty, honestly, and integrity are more important than money, and position. Also, when life seems to turn against you, sometimes your friends turn and run also. Can't understand why this book has not become as popular as James and the Giant Peach which was made into a movie and written by the same author.This was far far better and I think should be required reading for every child.Also the words used by the author will probably challenge the average reader and might possibly require a dictionary sometimes to be nearby.Which is not bad either.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children's stories, American    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Robbers and outlaws   

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It Would Be Amusing to Gnaw on a Bone That Talks...and Screams With Pain

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Excellent service. No complaints. Product looks great! Exactly what I expected.

Story is similar to...
This book's centraldrama echoes the plotline of Beatrice Potter's "Jenima Puddle-Duck."Of course, the characters of the wily fox and the babe in the woods are archetypes, but compare the two texts side-by-side (Potter's tale can be found online).However, it would be a big stretch to say Steig is "copying"in any way because his work has a charm and originality all its own.Anybody else read both texts recently and have an opinion on this observation? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. General    5. Pigs    6. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pigs   

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Read this book aloud
I loved the book.Try reading it aloud with an English accent. There is no mention of creation in this book, though the absurdity of evolution is obvious.The evolutionist faithful can see it clearly enough.

Great Common Sense Book
Great lesson for both children and adults - all things being equal, the simplest solution is probably the best... a must read for everyone and their christian friends...

It's a thinker...
It is a fun book.It isn't preachy.It isn't overt. It isn't a lot of things, but it will make your kids think.If you are of the evolution variety, it is a good opportunity to show the differences between this situation and nature.If you are of the creationist variety, it is a good opportunity to show the similarities between this situation and nature.But to dislike this book because because you think it is propaganda?That's silly, and probably indicates that we shouldn't examine issues critically, no matter what we believe.I enjoyed it.Your kids will too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Puppets    7. Steig, William    8. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets   

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A great alternative to contemporary hysteria
Reich believed that nothing require our dedication more than an understanding of the impact of the environment on the infant child. In Children of the Future, he shows how disastrous the exclusion of genitality is to the young and how important its influence is on their development. Included here is "The Sexual Rights of Youth" published in a revised form. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adolescent psychology    2. Child psychology    3. Neuropsychology    4. Psychology    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Sex    7. Sex (Psychology)    8. Sexual deviation    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Human Sexuality   

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The DP Line
When there was great influx of immigration to the USA due to war or crop failures in other countries, these folks became known as "Displaced Persons" or "DPs" (which, I realize, is NOT the politically correct phrase currrently, but it WAS in common usage at the turn of the 20th century) - check out the different costuming in the drawing shown for this caption - they are all people from different nations in their national garb.

Very enjoyable!
My four children have enjoyed this book , as well as CDB. I brought both books in to my son's 4th grade "Reading Day" and the whole class participated in the "puzzle-solving" text. They had so much fun with both books!! I highly recommend these books for a fun and interactive read!

Very clever, but not for all ages
This is a very clever book and it's quite fun reading.However, my 4 year old and I read together all the time and I bought this for him thinking it would be good for him too, but some ofthe picture themes are notinteresting for a small child. This would be good for a 9-10 years +. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art - Cartooning    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Games    5. Games & Activities - Word Games    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Steig, William    9. Word games    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Games & Activities / Word Games    11. Bargain   

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A story that transcends time...
I read this story to my son when he was a little tyke. He's now nearly 20. I haven't read the book in years, yet, lately, I've been thinking a lot about Gorky and his travels away from home, up into the "blue, bluesky". Guess it has something to do with my 3 kids all about ready totake off on their own. The prose is marvelous, full of colorful anddescriptive language, the story is beautiful, about the joy and pain ofgrowing up and away, and the illustrations are an added benefit, thoughunnecessary due to the ability of the author to draw wonderful pictureswith his magical use of the English language. Thank you William Steig! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. Frogs    6. General    7. Magic   

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If Roald Dahl and Lewis Carroll were to put their heads together to write an alphabet book in verse, Read more

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A Classic of the Genre
This is the book I read, over and over, at the demand of my language-infatuated seven-year-old. He may not have understood half the words, but he delighted in their sounds. When he tired of the book I put it on my bedside bookstand, and I still pull it out when I'm in the mood for some inspired, sophisticated nonsense. The best ABC book ever.

Deliciously perverse
Although I bought my eight-year-old girl the book for Christmas, it's headed to my office.It is the funniest book I've read in a long time; my usual reading (teaching) matter is the classics.The Steigs' book is awelcome break, a breath of fresh air after all that high-mindedness andtragedy!Carrotina and her awful cadenza are hilarious, but Naomi,"nervy as a newt" with her "nitwit" parents, is all toorecognizable.I appreciate the tiny moral tales and the deflating ofpompous academics, as in the "exegesis of the sphinx". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alphabet    2. Alphabet rhymes    3. American poetry    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children's poetry, American    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Humorous poetry    8. Poetry - General   

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Too Scaryfor Words
Though this book is very nicly written, the illustrations are freaky!!!!!
Doctor DeSoto, well-traveled mouse dentist!
William Steig's inimitable mouse creation, Doctor DeSoto, goes on a wonderful adventure in this wonderful book.Along with his able assistant and wife, Deborah, he travels via ocean liner to Africa to see about fixing the tooth of an ailing elephant.While there, the DeSotos get into all sorts of difficulties, all of which are vividly, colorfully illustrated by Steig. My kids love this book!
My children, ages 4 & 5, borrowed this book from our library, and immediately were entranced, asking me to read it over and over again. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Africa    2. Animals - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Dentists    6. Elephants    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Mice    10. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories    11. Picture books   

Editorial Review

What happens when you feel angry and hurt by your family's stinging words that you tear right out the front door? In many classic children'sstories, the protagonist just keeps on running--setting off on a thrilling, dangerous adventure that turns out to be a cautionary tale about the risks of the great big world and a reinforcement that the only safe place to be is back home with family. Read more

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Philadelphia is the Capital of Belgium...

Lighten up people
I was surprised to see the reviews here that were critical of this book, because of Spinky's attitude.
Loved It Since I Was a Kid
I grew up reading William Steig books, and this was one of my all time favorites.Every kid finds him or herself in a bad mood that just gets worse over time.The point of the story, though, is that Spinky gets himself out of his funk.Instead of putting me in a sulky mood, this book always helped me get out of one, because I felt like someone else knew what it was like, too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Depression, Mental    4. Fiction    5. General   

Editorial Review

Even a piece of garbage can change your whole life. One morning Zeke Pippin, a young pig, is moseying down the street when a harmonica falls off of a garbage truck, right in front of him. He takes it home, cleans it, and begins to play up a storm. He is a natural, soon regaling his family with the prelude to Read more

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One of William Steig's very, very best books for kids
There was a time in my life where I practically had "Zeke Pippin" memorized, start to finish, so enormously popular was it with my young son and daughter.Even to this day, William Steig's superbly offbeat text (he describes harmonica-playing as "zeezling and zoozling" and when a character nods off, he later "nods back on again") is something to behold. Innappropriate for the intended age group
This book is not appropriate for 5- to 8-year-olds in either content or context. Zeke, a pig, picks up a harmonica that he sees fall off a garbage truck and cleans it up, "using his father's schnapps as a disinfectant." Zeke then "regales" his his family "with the prelude to La Traviata". DO MOST PARENTS, LET ALONE 2nd GRADERS, KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? Offended that family members fall asleepto his playing, Zeke leaves home. After putting others to sleep with his "supernatural" playing, Zeke "ponders his remarkable piece of garbage," falls asleep and dreams of his family's "agony" while they are missing him. "If I don't see [Zeke] soon," his mother wails in his dream, "I'll shoot myself." Zeke wakes up, crying, "reviling" himself for having lost faith in his family. He knows he must bring them "surcease of their sorrow" - now honestly, I have a bachelor's degree in journalism and I had to go look up "surcease." COME ON! On his way home, some unsavory characters, called "Samaritans," rob, kidnap, and tie him up, debating how to dispose of him. Drown him? Bake him? "We could have baked ham, ham sandwiches, chitlins, pig's knuckles, et cetera." ET CETERA?? He escapes, but "two nanoseconds later, a death-dealing coyote" pins him to the ground. Zeke plays a song on the harmonica, and "the wretched carnivore is rendered unconscious." Finally home, Zeke is greeted enthusiastically, and smothered with hugs for serenading children and patients to sleep in the Quayhogue (??) Hospital. Another classic from Steig
If you normally find yourself nodding off while reading picture books to your kids, try Zeke Pippin. My sons love the part where Zeke "zeezles and zoozles" on his "supernatural mouth organ" and thelanguage keeps them (and me!) on our toes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Fiction    4. Harmonica    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile fiction    7. Legends, Myths, & Fables - General    8. Performing Arts - General    9. Pigs    10. Swine    11. Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General   

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The magic of making up
In this delightful Steig classic Kate and Caleb argue over something silly. A furious Caleb wanders into the forest and falls asleep under a tree. While he dreams, a witch turns him into a dog. He comes home, of course, but can only bark. The bereft Kate wonders what became of her faithful mate, fearful that he did not know how much she cared, until one night robbers steal into the house, her dog scares them off and the witch's evil spell is undone. When Caleb is once again himself, he resumes a loving life with Kate. A great story to show kids that while grownups sometimes argue, they still love one another, and usually make up.

CHILDREN AGE 10 AND UNDER WILL LOVE THIS ONE!
MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LOVED FOR ME TO READ THIS STORY TO HER IN THE EARLY80'S.LITTLE DID I KNOW I WOULD END UP WITH A GRANDSON NAMED CALEB. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Dogs    4. Fairy tales    5. Fiction    6. General