Do you remember that game you played as child, or discussed in Psych 101, where you sit in a circle and someone whispers a message in the ear of the person next to them who then whispers it to the person next to them, and so on around the circle.
That's the textual concept behind Oink-a-Doodle-Moo. One day Pig decides to have some fun, and he/she goes 'psst' to rooster and says, "I have a secret". That secret turns out to be 'Oink'. Cute Rooster scurries off to tell adorable Cow. And 'Oink-a-doodle-doo' is the result. Cow then passes it on to frog, who passes it on crow... until there's a wide range of animals involved. Each of them adding a bit of sound to message until the end where Dog runs into a bit of a snag.
My Thoughts
The art work in this book is adorable. Sweet and playful. And the increasingly long message idea is funny enough to appeal to both small children and me.
How Would I Use
(Sorry, but you know me. A book has to be more than a pretty face if it's worth purchasing.) For very young children in the household you could use it to work on animal identification. There's owls, crows, horses, sheep, mouse, snake, donkey, duck cat, and dog shown besides the other animals I mentioned. A nice selection really and talking about what sounds they make will come naturally from the story,
I don't know that there's much here but entertainment for older children. The nature of the text doesn't make it a good 'practice' reader.
Overall, a cute book to share during lap time, or in a classroom, or at the library. The only thing you might consider is whether this concept is going to be amusing to you if you have to read it over and over and over again... which is likely to happen :]
Pam T
Somewhere in the X-burbs
Oink-a-Doodle-Moo
by Jef Czekaj
- No reading level information available
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray (June 12, 2012)
- ISBN-10: 0062060112
- no sample pages :(
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