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Summary: FUNNY
Review: My children love Kevin Henkes's books. This is a funny story about Julius and how he counts cupcakes and eats all the candy corn. Sweet but not sticky.
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Summary: Why was this book written?
Review: There seems no point to this book's existence. I know it is only a book for toddlers but shouldn't we respect their ability to comprehend and learn, however small we may think it is?In this book, Julius' mother tells him not to eat the cupcakes. Great! So he thinks he'll count the candy corn. Well, after counting to one, there are no more numbers. So you can't really call it a counting book. Aside from "counting" the candy corn, Julius eats all the candy corn. This is later justified by inferring, "At least he didn't eat the cupcakes." There is no retribution for his eating the candy corn. None of his friends are disappointed that they do not get a candy corn on their cupcake. His mother does not scold him for his malfeasance. So you can't really call it a morality tale. Education and morality are pretty much the cornerstone of any good children's book. Therefore my conclusion that there is no purpose to this book. But it may be encouraging to those who would like to get into children's publishing to know that even this sort of dribble is considered publishable. I am a bibliophile, but this book is getting tossed.
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Summary: Why was this book written?
Review: There seems no point to this book's existence. I know it is only a book for toddlers but shouldn't we respect their ability to comprehend and learn, however small we may think it is? In this book, Julius' mother tells him not to eat the cupcakes. Great! So he thinks he'll count the candy corn. Well, after counting to one, there are no more numbers. So you can't really call it a counting book. Aside from "counting" the candy corn, Julius eats all the candy corn. This is later justified by inferring, "At least he didn't eat the cupcakes." There is no retribution for his eating the candy corn. None of his friends are disappointed that they do not get a candy corn on their cupcake. His mother does not scold him for his malfeasance. So you can't really call it a morality tale. Education and morality are pretty much the cornerstone of any good children's book. Therefore my conclusion that there is no purpose to this book. But it may be encouraging to those who would like to get into children's publishing to know that even this sort of dribble is considered publishable. I am a bibliophile, but this book is getting tossed.
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