Loudmouse

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Summary: This book is fantastic!
Review: I got this book when I was in elementary school (I'm now a senior in college) and I still love it. I plan on sharing it with the kindergarten class I'm working with.

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Summary: Loudmouse is a delightful book! Great to be read aloud !
Review: My first exposure to this book was a storyteller who kept her audience of school teachers totally enthralled. Later, I ordered a copy of the book and have read it numerous times to my fourth grade classes and other teachers have borrowed it and read it to there classes!! Moreover, my grandchildren love to read it along with me! The formatting of the book had nothing to do with my enthusiasm for it!

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Summary: New Edition of Loudmouse Very Disappointing
Review: When I was growing up, my mother read us children a book called"Loudmouse" by Richard Wilbur, illustrated by Don Almquist. Weenjoyed it thoroughly, and I still have the copy we read, albeit in somewhat shabby condition. It is the First Crowell-Collier Press Edition of 1963. The $13 copy of Loudmouse available from Amazon.com is extremely disappointing because: * It is extremely small--less than half the size of the original. * It is printed entirely in B/W--the original had black and brown illustrations. * All the illustrations have been completely redrawn (apparently by the same artist). They look very different, and nowhere near as good. * Positioning of text and illustrations from page to page is totally different, killing much of the punch and excitement of the original book. I recommend that potential buyers wait for the book as it was originally published to be re-issued, before wasting any money on this version. --Darel Finley, [e-mail], [e-mail]