What a fun read aloud! It requires the teacher to use vocal variances to create energy and attention of the students. Four dust bunnies, each a different color, have fun thinking of rhyming words. Yet, there's one bunny that doesn't seem to think of similar sounds to created a rhyme. He is alw...
Jan Thomas is a genius when it comes to pre-school literature. She produces books with bright illustrations that appeal to children. The simply structured text is also easy for the age group to understand and memorize.This book has the reader following a set of instructions given by the narrato...
Horn Book (November/December, 2008)Mouse, Cow, Pig, and Duck are playing happily when their ball bounces into a rather menacing-looking doghouse. "Who will get it out?" The accompanying picture shows the animal friends along the bottom edge of the page, visible only from the nose up, all eyes loo...
Summary: Three crazy cows have some fun with a chicken by irritating him as they jump, dance, and wiggle on his sofa. Kind of felt like it was trying to get that feeling of Mo Willem's pigeon books which has already been done. In that sense it does feel truly original but it is still a good book ...
This is a cute book about a birthday cow. His friends all try to get presents for him. His friends that get him vegetables think that he won't like his present. When he does, the friends that made him a cake think that he doesn't like the cake. It is a cute picture book written with humor for...
Horn Book (Fall 2008)As Cow's birthday approaches, Pig and Mouse set out to make her "the best birthday cake EVER!" Their ideas differ from Duck's, who persistently tries to include a turnip in the cake. In the end, it's the turnip that excites Cow more than the beautiful cake. The vibrant thick-...
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2009)The wacky dust bunnies return, now terrorized by an intimidating gray ball of fanged fuzz instead of the vacuum cleaner (Rhyming Dust Bunnies, 2008). Friends Ed, Ned, Ted and Bob try engaging their tormentor in their rhyming game, but unfortunately, this bullying d...
This is a bright and cheery book featuring three friends duck, mouse and Pig. Duck gets into trouble while trying to carve his Jack-O-Lantern. He goes looking for a little help from his friends with hilarious results. This is a little bit difficult as a group read aloud, because it is graphic ...