My almost-five-year-old son picked this book out from our local library last week. This book gets points for the concept (reuse, recycle, reduce), and for the frenetic artwork (until that becomes too crazy), and for the fact that my son could read almost all of this book by himself. It loses points for the pull-out pages with the way-too-crazy and way-too-much illustrations -- empty space can be your friend -- and for the lame rhymes: "Recycle, Michael" and "Plant a tree, Marie". It also loses points because, even though my son read it by himself, he had no idea what it was about. This is an excellent book to encourage dialogic reading with children; there is very limited text and intricate pictures to spur the story along. It spreads the message about being good to the environment by thinking about the many alternative ways we can get from point A to point B. Only once we make better choices about how we travel does the book allow us to continue by saying "Ok, Go!"The pictures are small and detailed, which could make the book difficult to read to larger groups of children.
What do You think about OK Go (2009)?
swimple repetive text ... with cute illustrations about go! stop! celebration of going green~
—8341
A very kid-friendly and creative book about recycling/going green.
—yenny
