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Summary: A tried and true favorite!
Review: I was given this book as a gift because it has been a favorite of many a child in our family. I like Brown's writing and this story has a rhythm that both parent and child find soothing. The illustrations go very well with the story and its not a book that you will become tired of reading. My eight-month old daugher loves it!
Rating:
Summary: A tried and true favorite!
Review: I was given this book as a gift because it has been a favorite of many a child in our family. I like Brown's writing and this story has a rhythm that both parent and child find soothing. The illustrations go very well with the story and its not a book that you will become tired of reading. My eight-month old daugher loves it!
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Summary: One of the greats
Review: I'm constantly amazed at how difficult it is to find good books for my 2-year old. Well, this book is excellent. It has cute animals, excellent text with a really good meter, beautiful drawings, and an adorable rural setting. Your toddler can moo and meow along with the animals.
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Summary: Very gentle and calming
Review: If your child enjoys Goodnight Moon, then they should enjoy this book - it has a similar rhythm and very appealing illustrations. Like the mouse that you can look for in Goodnight Moon, this book has a butterfly that appears on many of the pages. It also shows beautifully the change in the light as the sun sets and day turns to night, and the animals going from active to asleep.I did find it quite difficult to get a good reading rhythm until I had read through it several times. The rhymes are not exact (not like Dr Seuss, say) - it is more subtle and textured than that. I found some of the lines that work well together require turning over to the next page, and personally I think it sounds better when 3 of the lines are left out completely ("meow meow", "yeow yeow" and "bow wow"). My son (21 months) really enjoys it, and it's a book that you can read every day without going too crazy.
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Summary: Very gentle and calming
Review: If your child enjoys Goodnight Moon, then they should enjoy this book - it has a similar rhythm and very appealing illustrations. Like the mouse that you can look for in Goodnight Moon, this book has a butterfly that appears on many of the pages. It also shows beautifully the change in the light as the sun sets and day turns to night, and the animals going from active to asleep. I did find it quite difficult to get a good reading rhythm until I had read through it several times. The rhymes are not exact (not like Dr Seuss, say) - it is more subtle and textured than that. I found some of the lines that work well together require turning over to the next page, and personally I think it sounds better when 3 of the lines are left out completely ("meow meow", "yeow yeow" and "bow wow"). My son (21 months) really enjoys it, and it's a book that you can read every day without going too crazy.
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Summary: Doesn't do it for us
Review: Just a basic farm book like many others. Doesn't really do it for my kids. We own a lot of board books and none of mine ever attached to this one. They prefer Boynton books.
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Summary: Doesn't do it for us
Review: Just a basic farm book like many others. Doesn't really do it for my kids. We own a lot of board books and none of mine ever attached to this one. They prefer Boynton books.
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Summary: Lulls the little ones to sleep
Review: Margaret Wise Brown has turned prose into poetry with this beautifully-written children's story about a day in the life of animals. The rhythmic text lulls the little ones to sleep, and relaxes the grown ones for the remainder of the evening. Truly enchanting, it is fast becoming this new mother's favorite children's book.
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Summary: her very favorite
Review: My 10 month old daughter loves this book. Do I need to say much more? She pays attention when I read it to her. That's saying something. And, oh, yes, she loves it when the Mooing page comes.
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Summary: My nephew loves this book
Review: My 18 month old nephew loves pointing out and naming the animals in this book. He has somehow managed to destroy the binding, so when he's ready for the words I may buy him a new copy.
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