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Summary: A fun, not so scary book!
Review: My youngest daughter loves this book so much that if she hears us reading it to another child after she's gone to bed, she yells, "Boo lady! Boo lady!" and begs us to read it to her again. It's such a fun tale that we always do.Once upon a time, a little old lady who was not afraid of anything walked home through the moonlit woods. She rounded a bend on the path and found two big shoes that go CLOMP, CLOMP by themselves. "Get out of my way, you two big shoes! I'm not afraid of you," she said. She kept on walking, and the shoes clomp-clomped behind her. Next she met up with a pair of pants, then a shirt, and pretty soon she had an entire outfit following her. Each time, she ordered, "Get out of my way... I'm not afraid of you" and walked on just a wee bit faster. Then she got to the "very huge, very orange, very scary pumpkin head." Walking a little bit faster was out of the question -- running wasn't. She ran all the way home, "[b]ut behind her she could hear Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP, One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE, One shirt go SHAKE, SHAKE, Two gloves go CLAP, CLAP, One hat go NOD, NOD, And one scary pumpkin head go BOO, BOO!" When she bravely proclaimed that she was still not frightened, all the stuff that had followed her home didn't know what to do with itself. But she had an idea. She found a place for it in her garden, where it could scare all the birds away. Part of the magic in this story lies in it's repetition. My kids love saying and acting out shake, shake, nod, nod, etc. (and I may be a very proud mom, but nobody says "wiggle, wiggle" cuter than my toddler). Another part of the magic is the illustrations. They're serious, but not scary. At one point, the little old lady pushes the shirt out of her way. In the next illustration, it's following her with it's sleeves crossed in the classic "humph!" pose so familiar to parents of strong-willed children.
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Summary: Good repetitive lines for young children.
Review: This book is great to use with kindergarten age children that are working on reading readiness. There is lots of repetition that grows throughout the story. The four kindergarten classes that heard this story, really enjoyed and participated in the presentation. Illustrations are also excellent. Great for discussion of Halloween vocabulary and real vs. imaginary.
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Summary: 3 year old LOVED it!!
Review: This book was a blast to read to my son. It only took reading it a few times before he started reading it to me as we turned each page. He laughed and loved each page of this book! It is a classic for sure!!
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Summary: One you can read over and over again.
Review: This is an excellent book for preschool age children. My three year old son thinks it is so much fun to read because he can recite the refrain everytime! Very clever.
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