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The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) Review
"Wet foot, dry foot. Low foot, high foot..." User Submitted The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) ReviewsNovember 9, 2008 My daughter's favourite book We didn't have Dr. Seuss where I grew up so I don't have any misplaced emotional attachment to the "original"; for my daughter this will be the original. I love this little book and so does my daughter. When we start reading it she jumps up and down and laughs and claps her hands, we make it interactive with toys like a stuffed pig and a clown doll, yawning for night time, juggling on the "well feet" page. I've read it to her anything up to six times in a row. As an English major I can say that the rhyme and syntax flows beautifully, probably better than the original from the excerpts I've seen quoted here. Don't be put off by the fact it's not the "original" - your baby won't care one little bit. September 10, 2008 Daughter absolutely loves it! Not sure why she is so interested in it, but she wants it read over and over again. She just loves it and I REALLY like that it holds up so well. She is 15 months old and recently is in a phase of tearing paper. So...this has held up well. September 3, 2008 Good warm-up for young toddlers For a while my daughter (22 months at the time of this review) had no interest in Dr Seuss, but slowly she is warming up to it. This book's board book format that she can carry around works for her better in this case. She is still indifferent to a big hardcover collection that we have, probably because she is not allowed to handle it by herself. It's still not something that she brings me to read often, that's why she completely takes me by surprise by randomly quoting parts of it. Her favorite page is about quick feet and slow feet. Again, I expect this book to have a long lasting life in her library March 25, 2008 Grandchild far away???? My granddaughter is only 20 months old and lives in Australia. I live in Philadelphia. I have actually seen her in person only 3 times since she was born. We "meet" on line about once a week with webcams ready. Although she speaks well, she's not quite ready for a full discussion. But, when she came to visit at 16 months, she really knew me instantly! I had the idea that we could "read" together, so I ordered several Dr. Seuss books - 2 of each - from Amazon.com. She gets to choose the book, and I have my copy near at hand. We can not only read, but I can also point out the various pictures. Last week, when reading "Hands Hands Fingers Thumb," I decided to bring out an African drum I have in the house. My daughter brought out one she had at her house, and my granddaughter and I played the drums together. "One thumb, one thumb, drumming on the drum. Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum." We were both laughing hard and had a great time. It was the first time I felt we were able to play together. Thanks, Amazon! March 11, 2008 Foot Book The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) Fun and silly Dr. Seuss book that makes teaching fun February 26, 2008 Left foot, left foot, right foot right foot. Whenever I work with kindergarten and first graders, this is one of the books I enjoy reading. They LOVE this book because of it's simplicity. It's great for encouraging kids to read and building self esteem. Thank you Dr. Seuss. February 21, 2008 Favorite early reader This was my favorite book when I was little. I read it all the time with my mom and Dad and learned how to read. The repetition was easy to figure out through the pictures and practice. I actually had 2 of these books. One for the car and one for home. Try it...you will like it! February 14, 2008 short---but humorous with a fine sense of rhyme The Foot Book teaches children adjectives and nouns to describe and name things; this educational read will be a lot of fun for your young child just learning to read. This book is perfect for adults to introduce to children while reading it to them; and gradually the child can be encouraged to read it more and more independently. The illustrations are wonderful and classic Dr. Seuss style; but the real draw here is the information the books imparts to young readers and children learning to read. The book has a page near the very front so that the child can write their name in it to personalize this book; that's sweet and a very clever idea to draw the child into the book all the more. The lines of the book teach adjectives and nouns as they relate to, well, feet. (Well, mostly as they relate to feet.) Children are taught the words and the differences between left and right; morning and night; wet and dry; high and low; front and back; slow and quick; up and down--and much more. It's all very well done. The hardcover of the book feels very strong and resilient so that young children can't accidentally do much damage to it; and the quality of the paper is excellent. I highly recommend this book for young children. It is very educational and fun for them at the same time. Just don't tell them they're learning--as long as they think this is all in fun they'll gobble up this information faster than anything! February 3, 2008 Sue me, I liked It Better This is a fun book for kids with a cadence that exceeds the original (gasp). I read this version first with my twins, then found the original later. You just can't miss with Dr. Seuss, original or adapted! December 9, 2007 Do not buy this desecration Buy the original Foot Book (one that is not a "wacky book of opposits"), not one that was modified to make it a board book and more "educational" than the original. The original Foot Book was wonderfully poetic, and was only tangenitally about opposites. But "trick feet, sick feet" is a much better bit of text in the original than "well feet, sick feet" in the original. Children are not stupid, and that the board book has effectively been dumbed down is another reason not to buy this edition. For more The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss's Wacky Book of Opposites (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) reviews click here.
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