Monday Book reviews: The Bear Went Over the Mountain, How to be a Friends with a Dragon and Edgar Allan Poe's Pie

Monday, June 25, 2012

My son is still singing along to this book.
"The bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain to see what he could see"

Such a lovely book for children.  Beautifully illustrated that takes us through what he could see, touch, smell and taste.  When the bear finds something unpleasant like the aroma of being sprayed by a skunk he learns that not only do his senses bring him joy they can also bring angst.
A must read for fun as kids get to explore all the seasons and senses in this entertaining book.

My son loves Dragons! He was one for Halloween last year.  The illustrations in this book are lovely and being Ukrainian descent I liked finding out that this writer is Ukrainian too!
Dragons are a boys best friend but you must follow the rules if you want to friends with a dragon. Such as:
"Don't poke a dragon when he's taking a nap: he might sneeze fire
 Don't be surprised if the dragon fries eggs on his breath.
 Don't be forget to wear a seat belt if you ride in his back"
Thanks to Simon's sister, Emma she knows all the rules.  Another entertaining read from master story teller Valeri Gorbachev.

This book is brilliant and if you're going on a road trip this Summer and want to keep your kids entertained this is the book to get.  Their brain will not be on a snooze this Summer.  It's a poetry and a math book done in the style of classical poems. The ultimate brain teaser!  Math was never my calling.
"Some termite burrowed under the rugs and found three hundred thirteen bugs.  If eighty two plus fifteen snore, how many termites chew the floor?"

Hughes’s “April Rain Song”—and added a dash of math. Between the silly parodies and the wonderfully wacky art, kids will have so much fun figuring out the puzzles, they won’t guess they’re learning! Answers appear unobtrusively on each page, and engaging information about the original poets is included. Math games and concepts, poetry and poet biographies—it’s all so cleverly put together. This funny book is a treat for fans of words and numbers alike. ~ from Thomas Allen & Son

HAPPY READING!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have just the perfect kid in mind for the Edgar Allan Poe book. He's a little boy genius. Thanks for sharing Mama Ash!

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