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Title: It's Raining, It's Pouring (Nursery Rhyme) by Kin Eagle, Rob Gilbert ISBN: 1-879085-71-2 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: It's Raining, It's Pouring, but this book isn't boring!
Comment: This extension of the familiar nursery rhyme takes readers through several other verses dealing with the weather as well as the Old Mans weight problem. Kin Eagle writes an amusing account of how grandpa responds to different environmental conditions. Hyperbole is rampant but charm is the main ingredient.
Several reviewers have commented on the "weird rhymes" used in this story. However I extend accolades for Eagle on originality. I've always thought there should be more to it than some old man snoring in a coma from a head injury the night before. Now thanks to Eagle I even know the old man's name!
The illustrations are what really make this book a good find. The old man pictured in this book is a very familiar looking man somewhat like the typical grandpa stereotype. Rob Gilbert also draws in a wife. My favorite part of the illustrations though is the use of bright cheery colors. A special treatment has even been given to the raindrops, snowflakes and dragonfly wings that makes them sorta shimmer and stand out from the surface of the rest of the picture. (Library bound version). The pictures are amusing and popping.
Best of all, kids liked it. I listened to this one as my wife read it to 16 preschoolers during story time at the public library. They liked the story. With a large group like the one we entertained, a story that captures the children's attention and imagination is great. The familiarity of the song helped, but the originality of the story was probably the greatest asset to the experience.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Pictures but Weird Rhyme Additions
Comment: This board book extends the traditional rhyme, "It's raining it's pouring, the old man is snoring, he bumped his head and went to bed and couldn't get up in the morning." For instance, another rhyme starts, "It's windy, it's breezy" and "It's snowing, it's blowing..." etc. The illustrations are thoughtful, colorful, and visually interesting, but as the Horn Book reviewer notes, the new rhymes are not particularly appropriate...some are kind of weird. For example, one is "It's snowing, it's blowing, the old man is growing, he ate too much one day for lunch now every part of him is showing." I'd like this book better with different rhymes. I enjoy creative extensions of traditional rhymes (like I really like Iza Trapani's Itsy Bitsy Spider, but this book just didn't do it for me.
Rating: 4
Summary: two thumbs up
Comment: This book is great to teach children how to read . It has very good ryming and is very entrtaining.
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Title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Iza Trapani ISBN: 1580890156 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani ISBN: 1580890148 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: I'm a Little Teapot by Iza Trapani ISBN: 1580890105 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Row Row Row Your Boat by Iza Trapani ISBN: 1580890776 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Baa Baa Black Sheep by Iza Trapani ISBN: 1580890717 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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