It’s supposed to be a wordless book, but two friends won’t stop talking. Rupert wants to write a wordless book, but his companions will NOT be quiet! Rupert gets angrier and angrier throughout the book until he’s screaming for Nibbs and Thistle to stop talking.
The friends are three mice. Rupert wants to write a wordless book but that would mean silence and Nibbs and Thistle cannot provide that to him. Nibbs and Thistle try to help Rupert in other ways with his book but what Rupert really wants is silence. The book tries to be funny, but I didn’t appreciate the humor. It got old for me. I was getting angry like Rupert. This book didn’t work for me.
I loved the illustrations inside this book. The illustrations are colorful, funny and are full of emotions. The facial expressions on both humans and animals are definitely something that you need to notice as you turn the pages of this book, the illustrator did a fantastic job capturing these sentiments. From the innocent, ecstatic dog to the devious eyes of the feline, you just never know what these two are up to.
Chip feels that he has a lot of knowledge to share with his readers. He has had his share of issues with cats and he’s here to share his experience. Chip, by the way, is a dog. Chip knows for sure that cats are not your friend, and they cannot be trusted. Chip would rather trust anyone but a cat, yet by looking at the situations that he gets into, I think he better start trusting cats. It’s funny watching Chip as he gets into some awkward and hilarious situations as the cats sit by and just watch him.
I think this is a book for older elementary school readers, as some younger readers might not understand the humor. 3.5 stars
We loved Knight Owl and now, we get to experience Early Bird! Early Bird wants to be like Knight Owl but ……it’s complicated. No one can ever be like Knight Owl. Knight Owl is Captain of the Knight Night Watch. He has the night shift guarding the castle while others are sleeping plus he’s an owl. Early Bird is a bird; hence, he sleeps at night and he’s very noisy!
Knight Owl does teach Early Bird what he does during the Knight Night Watch in the afternoon but as the day turns to night, Early Bird falls asleep. When the sun rises, Early Bird arises and he’s ready for this new day, but Knight Owl is tired from working all night and he’s ready for bed.
After a few days of training and Early Bird’s overzealous behavior, Knight Owl can’t handle him any longer. He tells Early Bird that he has had enough, and he needs to “PLEASE, GO AWAY!” Broken hearted, Early Bird heads out into the forest outside the castle walls (sad picture). Knight Owl starts to have second thoughts and begins to worry about him. Knight Owl heads out to look for him. Now they are both outside the castle walls! Goodness!! They hear a sound and that’s not a good one!!
There’s an illustration of glowing eyes; owl is standing all alone with wolves starting to close in around him. What ?!?!
Yes, it’s that good! Check it out and the other books with Knight Owl.
Three ducks want to go to the lake but the mallard is worried about the monster. His friends say there is nothing to that story. When Mallard looks under the water at the lake he sees a huge monster fish. The monster fish smiles at him, and Mallard follows him under the water. Mallard finds at the bottom of the lake a huge party of monster fishes and Mallard has a good time down there. Mallards’ three friends are still swimming up above and don’t really notice that Mallard is gone until later. When they realize that Mallard is gone that are scared that he was taken by a monster until Mallard tells them that there’s no monster in the lake. Yet, as Mallard walks off on dry land, all the monsters from down below are making their way onland, happy smiling monsters.
Funny, cute story. The illustrations are amazing! It’s a simple story with few words but the story is good and has a good message. 5 stars
take on I Know An Old Lady, this book adds pages of information between the traditional rhyming storyline which my grandchildren did not like. In the traditional rhyming storyline, a person swallows various items, correlating to the previous swallowed item and then, at the end, they spit everything out. In this book, between each of the pages of the scientist swallowing items, there is a two-page spread of two children questioning each other about dinosaurs.
This questioning is told in a rhyming format, and it is informative, but it does throw off the pace /rhythm that a reader gets into when reading one of the “I Know an Old Lady” books.
The illustrations are fun and colorful also. There’s a glossary of terms at the back of the book which is informative.
There is also a game of Search and Find which is outlined in the back of the book, where you can go back through the pages in the book and find about 20 items that are listed and illustrated in the pages at the back of the book.
I think the reason why I didn’t care for this book was the interruption in the flow of the rhythm of the book and the ending. The scientist had been swallowing all this “stuff “ throughout the book and the last couple items that she swallows, there are no tie ins into the previous items that are already inside her. What happened to that sequencing? It suddenly stopped. What finally happens to this scientist who swallowed all this “stuff” inside her at the end? Who knows.
My feelings: don’t mess with a good series. If you want to be creative, make another book and make it different but don’t tie it in with a series, if it doesn’t follow the same format.
Oh, how funny! He only wanted a family. His own family, someone who would want and love him. Perhaps he might just get his chance. Seeing a Lost Poster for Max, a black and white dog, he wonders if perhaps he might take the place of Max. Would the owners of Max even know he is not Max? It is worth a shot.
So, Skunk, yes Skunk tries the idea out and soon, he has some animal friends who decide to help Skunk.
They try to teach him how to look, sound, and act like a dog. It’s time to approach Max’s owners and pretend to be Max, can Skunk be Max?
Hilarious! The ending is sweet, and you’ll love this book!!
My grandchildren and I have read this book over and over again as it’s funny and the illustrations are cute and fit perfectly with the story. 5 stars
My grandson is addicted to Who Will Win? Series so I found this book at the library which is also written by the same author. With a fun, lively storyline, the story is about a girl who doesn’t want to take the smelly school bus this year. She took it last year and she’s thinking she wants something different this year so….what about a giant mosquito, a bald eagle, a hammerhead shark, a pride of lions, or the list goes on with a wide variety of animals.
Each two-page spread tells what animal she would take and what that animal would do and has a bright, colorful illustration of her on that mode of transportation.
It’s a fun and entertaining book for all ages. What does she decide to ride this year to school?
Read the book and find out. My only clue is that she has more fun when travelling with her friends so she needs something her friends can ride on too. 5 stars
What a fun book. “Can you tell which end you’re looking at?” Animals have evolved throughout the years and it’s no surprise that animals use their bodies so that they can survive in their environments. Author Kari Lavelle presents readers with a variety of pictures asking readers to decide whether they are looking at a close-up look at the butt or face of an animal.
They are also asked what animal they think they are looking at. Turning the page, the reader is given the answer and a picture of the animal. The reader also gets some interesting information on that animal.
Most of these animals are not your typical animal, like a hippo or a giraffe. These animals are specific and unique. A Cuyaba dwarf frog, a star-nosed mole, or my favorite the Mary River turtle. I enjoyed reading all the interesting information about each animal and I loved how they covered different parts of the globe.
The different text fonts added a fun element to the book too. The vocabulary might be challenging for some younger readers, but it might also encourage younger readers also.
Advance words: delicacies, coincidental, deceptive, amplifying, parasitic, etc. I thought this was a great book and one that makes nonfiction learning fun. 5 stars
What a fun book. Just like its predecessor, this book continues with the question: “Can you tell which end you’re looking at?” Animals have evolved throughout the years and it’s no surprise that animals use their bodies so that they can survive in their environments. Author Kari Lavelle presents readers with a variety of pictures asking readers to decide whether they are looking at a close-up look at the butt or face of an animal.
They are also asked what animal they think they are looking at. Turning the page, the reader is given the answer and a picture of the animal. The reader also gets some interesting information on that animal.
Most of these animals are not your typical animal, like a bear or an elephant. These animals are specific and unique. An Indian peacock, dugong, saiga antelope, or my favorite the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. I enjoyed reading all the interesting information about each animal and I loved how they covered different parts of the globe. The different text fonts added a fun element to the book too.
The vocabulary might be challenging for some younger readers, but it might also encourage younger readers also. Advance words: intimidating, dependent, bodacious, regenerate, bulgy, etc. I thought this was a great book and one that makes nonfiction learning fun. 5 stars
I love Monkey and Cake! Yes, this 60+ Nana loves these two. A children’s book written in the format of a graphic novel, these two are as honest and true as it can be. Geared for young readers, they are best friends whose stories are comical, fun, and they really do make you think.
In this story, cake (he really is a slice of cake) is making a fort. Monkey loves fort, only the fort that Cake is making is not for Monkey. Cake is making a fort that does not allow monkeys. Sounds rude and mean yet, in reality, this is how children play sometimes.
Monkey is offended that Cake is creating such a thing. After pondering for a few minutes, Monkey decides to create his own fort which now has Cake intrigued. I loved this! I really loved this!! Cake wants to know what Monkey is up to now. This is such a super read!
Cake and Monkey get into a disagreement and now it seems, Monkey is calm now and Cake is upset. They can’t let the fort get between their friendship. As they go about settling the matter, the ending will put a smile on your face and you realize what a great friendship they have.
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