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Summary: Mr. Brown...
Review: This is a really cute book. If you read this to your kid a lot, they start to recognize the words, the colors, and sounds.
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Summary: Moooooo!
Review: To those reviewers bashing the board book version, I say: get over it! The board book version makes it possible to hold a squirming infant and read and turn the pages at the same time. Accordingly, the baby is exposed to the process of reading at a time when it would otherwise be prohibitive. My five month old loves this book, clearly tries to mimic the sounds of Mr. Brown, and smiles beyond belief as I loudly moo, whoo, buzz, and tick-tock. I think above all else, Suess would want youngsters exposed to his works as early as possible, abridged or otherwise.
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Summary: Inspired introduction to sounds!
Review: Welcome to the wonderful world of whimsical, wacky writing, and crazy, colorful caricatures - "He can sound like a clock, he can TICK, he can TOCK. He can sound like a hand on a door KNOCK, KNOCK." "Dr. Seuss's Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?" is an inspired introduction to sounds through rhyme and alliteration. The text, format, and images have been adapted from the original to accommodate board book standards; yet, the prose still flows. I am flabbergasted by the lack of enthusiasm for the revised board book editions of Dr. Seuss's (and others) beginner books published by Random House. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to offer my infant son a CLASSIC narrative, by means of a board book, even in its ADAPTED form. These magical miniatures are entertaining for little babies, who enjoy the positive interaction of cooperative play through reading. The objectives of these small books are to appeal to newborns, and very young children with short attention spans who are not attentive enough for the full text versions, they are NOT meant to replace the originals. Moreover, these pocketsize gems are fashioned for effortless travel to the market, on a plane, in the car, or on a train. Hee, hee. I own a lot of Dr. Seuss's first editions, in addition to a few of the board book volumes, and agree that the original "Bright and Early and the Beginner Books" are just that - ORIGINAL. They are more amusing, entertaining, and educational, but are in fact more appropriate for older children, 3 years and older. I believe introducing infants to creative works, such as these, only encourages listening and learning from an earlier age. In summary, if your child is two or older purchase an original version, otherwise think of introducing your infant to the shorter, travel-anywhere format, and procure the original at a later date? The marvelous, magical magician, who was Dr. Seuss is worth it! Birth and up.
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Summary: SHAME ON YOU, RANDOM HOUSE
Review: This review refers to the Bright and Early Board books edition (not to be confused with "Bright and Early Books") Random House has taken a great idea - publishing rugged, kid-friendly editions of childhood favorites - and turned it into an obscenity. In the process of "adapting" these books to the kid-friendly formula, they appear to have edited out much of the original charm and wit....not to mention size! Disturbingly, the fact that these books are adaptations rather than originals is not clearly stated on the front cover, by the author's name. Instead, one has to look at the fine print on the inside of the front cover. One suspects that Random House feels these "Bright and Early Editions" wouldn't sell half as well if they were a little more forthcoming about what they have done. It is truly sad to see that these books have been subjected to editing by Philistines who operate under the false illusion that what form a book comes in is more important than what is written within. We all want durable editions of books that can stand up to little hands. But the CONTENT of childhood classics has already survived the test of time; these books don't need to be re-edited, re-arranged, abridged, or adultered. SHAME ON YOU, Random House!!!
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Summary: Mother of 2, this has passed down the generations
Review: This was my favorite book as a small child, it was my son's favorite book when he was a toddler (he's now 11), and now my daughter is 19 months-and, yep, she adores it! She has entered the 'mimicking' phase, so she loves hearing me make all those sounds, and then she copies Mom, er, 'Mr. Brown', and we giggle through every page. This book has made a bigger impression than 'Pat the Bunny' or 'Goodnight Moon' in our house!
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Summary: LOVE THIS BOOK!
Review: I am currently purchasing the second Mr. Brown Can Moo. . . board book. My son is now 11 months old and the original is worn out! (Teeth have made the worn edges into edible chunks) We read it the first time at 3 months and he looked at me and laughed. Apparently it hasn't gotten too old yet.
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Summary: Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You by Dr. Seuss
Review: My daughter enjoys this book each time we read it to her.
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Summary: Gotta love Dr. Seuss
Review: I have two girls, 3 and 18 months and they both LOVE this book. The rhyme and rhythm of this book are wonderful. Both my girls enjoy imitating all the sounds that Mr. Brown can do.
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Summary: A Terrible Version
Review: Be warned! These "Board Books" are not the same as the original versions of the Dr. Seuss classics, but are instead slightly changed versions of the same stories. The normal Dr. Seuss books flow extremely well, provide interesting stories, and have beautiful cadence. These "Board Books" illustrate very effectively why there was only one Dr. Seuss -- basically, the modifications that have been made to the stories make them much less compelling and educational. In particular, the rhyming is never as good, and the meter is non-existent. I will grant that the "Board Book" style is much more durable, as our child has torn a number of the classic Mr. Brown pages. That having been said, I would still encourage you to buy the classic version of Mr. Brown instead of this one; it's ISBN number is 0394806220.
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Summary: an all time favorite suess book!
Review: It is fun to read too so you really don't mind so much when you read it for the thousandth time!
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