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Miss Suzy 99 reviews
Miriam Young
Atheneum, 1964
Miss Suzy she loves her house she loves her home!
When I was growing up I owned very few books thankfully I went to the library often but out of the few books I did own this was one of them! I finally introduced it to my own little girl and its as timeless today as it was 25 yrs ago. Any reader is sure to fall in love with sweet little Miss Suzy she has a heart of gold!
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Mouse Soup13 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Scholastic Trade, 1977
WELL THOUGHTOUT AND WELL ILLUSTRATED BOOK
This is one of those that is an absolute delight to read to and with kids. A mouse, minding his own business is caught by a weasel who of coure plans to whip up a batch of Mouse Soup. Our fast talking little mouse simply talks his way out of the dinner by telling the weasel four delightful stories, thereby distracting the weasle and at the same time, teaching the weasle a good lesson. The ...
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Frog and Toad All Year21 reviews
Arnold Lobel
HarperCollins Publishers, 1985
Arnold Lobel's fourth charming collection of Frog and Toad stories
I was at a wedding where the minister was a very good friend of both the bride and the groom. When it came to the part of the service where the minister imparts words of wisdom, he started to read the Frog and Toad story of "The Surprise." It is all about how one October when the leaves had fallen from the trees Frog decides to go to Toad's house to surprise his friend by raking up all the ...
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Frog and Toad together34 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Classic Children's Book
Learn the value of friendship with one of the most delightful duos in all of children's storytelling! Perfect bedtime stories or beginner's reading books, kids love the animorphed amphibians and funny adventures. Buy one and you'll have to get them all!
J. Lyon Layden
The Other Side of Yore
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Sam the Minuteman (An I Can Read Book, Level 3)10 reviews
Nathaniel Benchley
HarperCollins, 1969
4 1/2* An I CAN READ History Book by Benchley and Lobel
In plain language, and with just a bit of humor, prolific author Nathaniel Benchley (son of the great humorist Robert) and the equally experienced Arnold Lobel tell the story of the beginnings of the American Revolution, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. On the night of Paul Revere's famous ride, Sam accompanies his father to the village green. The pensive faces of the Minutemen and the ...
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Owl at Home30 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Perfection Learning Prebound, 1983
A pure and rare jewel
This book is marvelous. All the stories in this book are so charming, innocent and beautiful. I dont believe my own eyes. Now, all the illustrations are also absolutely wonderful. They are incomparables. As I said, I dont believe my own eyes, because in today's book market (dominated by emptiness, futility and commercial [...]), it is like a glass of pure water in the desert. More, it is a ...
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Days with Frog and Toad17 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1984
a must-have for young readers!
The youthful adventures of the ever-sensible Frog and his seemingly naïve companion Toad demonstrate important qualities of lasting friendship. This dynamic duo cleans a house, flies a kite, shares ghost stories, celebrates a birthday gift, and even discovers benefits to being alone on occasion. In each of the five vignettes there is a unique balance between the elements of repetition and ...
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Mouse Tales (I Can Read Book 2)20 reviews
Harper & Row, 1972
Mouse Tales
There are seven short tales, all involving mice, and bookended by a father mouse who is telling these stories to his children at bed time, one per child. The seven stories included are: The Wishing Well, Clouds, Very Tall Mouse and Very Short Mouse, The Mouse and the Winds, The Journey, The Old Mouse, and The Bath. Of the seven, my favorite is The Wishing Well as it takes an unusual and humorous ...
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Frog and Toad Are Friends45 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Scholastic, 1979
needy public school teacher
The books were in excellent condition and arrived earlier than expected. I had checked all local used bookstores. They were not available because of the high demand in our district. Similar books were the same price as Amazon's including shipment. I will not be going to used bookstores again. Amazon saved me time, money & gas!
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The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (I Can Read Book 2)11 reviews
HarperTrophy, 2004
Great read aloud stories.
My 2 year old loves these books. They are the first books that she has sat through that have more text than pictures. We also bought the CDs and she listens to that at night as part of her bedtime routine.
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Ming Lo Moves the Mountain7 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Scholastic, 1986
Beautiful, funny, childhood classic
Ming Lo and his wife live next to a mountain. The mountain constantly drops rocks on their house; clouds form at the peak and rain falls on their house (through the holes the rocks have already made) and it blocks the sun. Eventually, they have had enough!! Ming Lo's wife sends him off to the village wise man that first tells them to run at the mountain with a large pole-this will knock the ...
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The Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds7 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Parents' Magazine Press, 1971
Funniest Children's Book
I like this book because of the Ice Cream Cone Coot and all of the other funny birds. My grandmom has a copy of this book and we read it whenever we come to her house. It was my mom's book when she was a little girl. And now it's my grandmom's book.
That's all.
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Lucille3 reviews
Arnold Lobel
HarperCollins Publishers, 1986
Lucille the horse
This book is about a horse named Lucille. Lucille belongs to a farmer, and helps him to plow his fields. One day Lucille realizes that she is `dull and dirty'. The farmer's wife has also realized this. She takes it upon herself to turn Lucille into a lady. First Lucille gets a hat with pink roses on it. Next she gets four shiny, red, high-heeled shoes. And last but not least she gets a white ...
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Oscar Otter4 reviews
Arnold Lobel, Nathaniel Benchley
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1920
5 stars for my 5 year old
My son loves me to read this to him. It is one of the few books where he is enthralled and has a great smile - sortof like when he is watching other children play. The story line is an child Otter that loves to slide down into the pond decides to venture into the mountains to make a really big, great slide and gets chased by a wolf - but keeps his wits about him. There are morals to the story, ...
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Sing A Song Of Popcorn: Every Child's Book Of Poems5 reviews
Scholastic Press, 1988
An excellent resource for elementary teachers :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this collection of poetry and the beautiful illustrations which accompany. As a kindergarten teacher, I found the anthology to be an invaluable resource for introducing young children (or any children) to the world of poetry. :
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The Frog and Toad Treasury8 reviews
Arnold Lobel
HarperCollins Publishers, 1996
Why do I love Frog and Toad?
Why do I love Frog and Toad? I'm not really sure. Not much really happens in these stories. The illustrations are beautiful but rather small. The eponymous friends carry on their friendship through mild misunderstandings and misadventures, always ready to forgive each other and forget. These gentle stories are among my favorite kids' books. I have fond memories of Frog and Toad from my childhood, ...
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Whiskers & rhymes4 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Scholastic, 1987
The world's best children's book
It's difficult to describe how much this book has meant to my family. Our daughter is 6 years old and, until we started reading Harry Potter at bedtime, Whiskers & Rhymes was nightly fare. My husband and I have long since memorized every poem, but we have never tired of either the text or the charming, unique illustrations. My personal favorite: "Sleeping Charlie in his chair. Feathered wings ...
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The great blueness and other predicaments5 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Harper & Row, 1968
Too much Blue.........color and perception
Color becomes metaphorical in this children's book.
That is why I find it a work of genius.
I primarily use it every year in K to 3rd education to open dialogs about color because I'm an artist turned teacher turned literature advocate and my vocabulary in a classroom is making. Someone, somewhere decided that in kinder and 1st grade "color" was a good subject at years start both in reading ...
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Hildilid's Night4 reviews
Cheli D. Ryan
Atheneum, 1974
Don't be deterred by the black and white pictures!
Although the majority of these pictures are in black and white, and may at first appear drab, I found them to be more visually interesting than many brightly colored illustrations. Besides having an interesting plot, the story can be appreciated for itspure silliness. It is definitely enjoyable, and full of artistic value.
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Giant John7 reviews
Arnold Lobel
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2008
Ephemeral and elusive...
...as the jungle cat in the black of night, this book slips into your very soul. The image of poor John's mother with her shoe on her plate is etched into the deepest folds of my grey matter.
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