Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months

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Summary: a good swingy rhythm for reading aloud
Review: This is a great little book to read aloud- it has a nice rhythm as well as good repetition that little ones like, in the lines about "chicken soup with rice". The child gets to go through the months of the year and go to wonderful places like Bombay and down the Nile, all the while, eating, well, you know what they get to eat. Some kids will have Maurice Sendak's version of ice skating or how to treat roses in their heads for a long time and they won't even know where it came from. Surprise! It came from this little witty book. :-)

Rating:
Summary: a good swingy rhythm for reading aloud
Review: This is a great little book to read aloud- it has a nice rhythm as well as good repetition that little ones like, in the lines about "chicken soup with rice". The child gets to go through the months of the year and go to wonderful places like Bombay and down the Nile, all the while, eating, well, you know what they get to eat. Some kids will have Maurice Sendak's version of ice skating or how to treat roses in their heads for a long time and they won't even know where it came from. Surprise! It came from this little witty book. :-)

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Summary: Chicken Soup For the Funny Bone
Review: This is a short and sweet little book that can be read in just a few minutes, but every minute will be filled with fun! In cleverly silly rhymes Maurice Sendak takes us through the twelve months and thoroughly entertains us with his characteristic illustrations featuring the little dark-haired boy we've come to know in some of his other stories. The non-sensical inclusion of "chicken soup with rice" in all of the rhymes makes the months all the more memorable and easy for kids to recite, a great little device. The paperback edition is very affordable but I suspect you'll love this one so much that you'll want the hardcover in your library.

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Summary: It Was a favorite!
Review: This was a favorite book of mine when I was a little girl and I would read it all the time and my Mom would read it to me as a bedtime book, I have had two copies of this book the first one had been either lost or given away but I found another copy at a garage sale and it was in very good condition and I just had to buy it, I don't know where it is but it's around somewhere probably up in the attic and I will have to look for it so I can read it to my niece. I recommend this book!