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Summary: My daughter's favorite
Review: This is the first book I read to my daughter. It always calmed her when she cried. We read it over and over and now I have it memorized. She is 10 months old now and all I have to do is say "Big A" and she gives my a big smile.
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Summary: One of my favorite Dr. Seuss' books!
Review: This one is fun to read out loud ~~ and it really teaches our children the fun of learning our alphabet. While they are still young to know the alphabet, they do enjoy the bright colorful pictures of this book as well as the whimiscal language Dr. Seuss is famous for!If you like Red Fish, Blue Fish, you will enjoy this one. It moves along at a fun pace and it's not boring to repeat yourself time after time! I highly recommend this one ~~ it's hard to get tired of reading this one! 10-15-03
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Summary: How to get your kids to read for life - buy them this book!
Review: Want your kids to be readers for life? To enjoy the world of books out there until their old age and beyond? This book is THE answer! I am still a Dr Seuss fan 40 years after first reading him and a book like this will guarantee your kids will be eager readers for the rest of their lives as well. And 4 cheers for Hoboken - I don't know the 20 people there who bought this book, but they clearly have good taste! Christopher Catherwood, 40 years a Seuss fan and author of CHRISTIANS MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE
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Summary: How can reading a revised edition to a baby be a travesty?
Review: Welcome to the wonderful world of whimsical, wacky writing, and crazy, colorful caricatures - "Big Q, little q what begins with Q? The quick Queen of Quincy and her quacking quacker-oo." An excellent educational tool, "Dr. Seuss's ABC An Amazing Alphabet Book!" is an inspired introduction to the alphabet, both upper and lowercase letters, and also reinforces letter sounds through alliteration. The text, format, and images have been adapted to accommodate board book standards; yet, the phrasing and prose, in this particular volume still flow. See the following excerpts: The original -
"BIG V, little v
Vera Violet Vinn
Is very, very, very awful on her violin." Revised edition -
"BIG V, little v, what begins with V?
Verna Vera Vin and her violet violin." 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 delightfully 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 most of Dr. Seuss's first editions, in addition to a few of the board book volumes, and agree that the original "Beginner Books" are just that - ORIGINAL. They are more amusing, entertaining, and educational, but are in fact more appropriate for older children, 4 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 three 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: Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Book
Review: While I'm happy to have an ABC board book for my daughter, I'm disappointed that this book does not rhyme for every letter. It seems a little disjointed. I love Dr. Seuss books, but would definitely not buy this one as a gift when there are so many other great Dr. Seuss, alphabet, and board books.
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Summary: Why alter a classic?
Review: While it may seem nice to have this children's classic in a board book format, be forewarned that the text is different from the original! If the original had hard-to-read or hard-to-understand words, then I might be more foregiving. But the changes made for the board edition make little sense, and ruin the rhythm and feel of this terrific book. Spring for the hardcover edition, and avoid this travesty.
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Summary: Severely changed from the original, therefore no good
Review: Yes, it's nice that Random House Publishing has begun publishing these books in board books. But beware. They are not the same as the original! Sentences have been taken out, the rhythm has been artificially altered, and pictures have been severely edited. Some pictures have been entered into the book that were not there before, and sentences have been changed to meet the edited pictures' contents. I think it is a travesty that youngsters and parents think they are reading the original book (nowhere on the book does it say it's been edited) when in reality it is very different from the real book. If you want your child to have a book to chew on, there are many board books out there. If you want your child to know and love Seuss, get the original. Don't take my word for it though; go to the bookstore and compare them for yourself. I assume Random House is doing this with all the books they are making into board books, but I don't know for sure. Just make sure you know you're not getting the true Seuss.
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Summary: My son loves it
Review: Zany, cute romp through the alphabet. We have a few other alphabet books but this one is definitely worth having. My son and I love it. "Big I Little i what begins with I? Itch, itchy Ichabod..." Need I say more? Quintessential Suess.
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