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Summary: Pierre by Maurice Sendak
Review: as an early education specialist, this is a wonderful treat to read and reread with children ages 2-7....the author and illustrator have the same effect of charm and warmth as they did when I was a child..makes a wonderful gift bringing lots of warm laughter to your home ...checkout his other books as well...
simply marvelous!
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Summary: Fantastic! TEACHER'S PLEASE READ!
Review: I am the school librarian in an elementary school in California. (a wonderful, if not well paying job) At the end of every school year, I SING this book to EVERY class for their last library visit...the children get to sing the I Don't CARE! parts. (Watch the video "Really Rosie" with lyrics and music by Carol King to learn the way it is sung) It is a JOY. The next year, all the kids want to know.."Can I check out Pierre?" Not to mention that it is a somewhat autobiographical account of Sendaks own childhood...He IS Pierre! You will love it!
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Summary: I care for Pierre
Review: In my family, there is a sin for which there is no name. If someone asks you to state an opinion one way or another, whether you're asked if you'd like a slice of cake or how you would like your hamburger cooked, you give an answer. If you chose to say, "I don't care", however, you are to be subjected to unending torments. For two minutes. The classic Sendakian classic, "Pierre", understands the horrendous nature of this sin. Taking a sort of "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" type of extremist cure (in this case, getting eaten by a lion) the book examines Pierre's sin of noncommittalness and treats him accordingly.Pierre is a well dressed lad. Sporting a jaunty blue suit and no shoes or socks whatsoever, he lives with his respectable mama and pop. In the first chapter, Pierre's mother attempts to elicit some sort of a decision from her son aside from, "I don't care!". Failing to do so, chapter two follows Pierre's father, who attempts the same thing. In chapter three a lion appears and the oblivious Pierre is eaten, after much dialogue with the aforementioned feline. By chapter four the parents have discovered the sickly lion (Pierre didn't go down so well, I suppose) and swiftly take the lion to the hospital. Happy ending, chapter five, the doctor merely shakes the lion and out pops Pierre. From then on, Pierre cares. The book has much in common with the classic Little Red Riding Hood tale. Fortunately, rather than cutting Pierre out, the doctor (looking like nothing so much as a slightly modified Mr. Magoo) removes Pierre by upending the lion. The lion has seemingly learned his lesson as well, and serves as a mode of transportation for the transformed Pierre and his loving, well dressed parents. The story is small, simple, and easy to read. It's also one of the odder morals out there. But then again, maybe it's a lesson that we all should have learned long ago. It is better to care than to remain indifferent. A difficult thing to teach, but by no means impossible. In my opinion, one of Sendak's best books ever.
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Summary: I care for Pierre
Review: In my family, there is a sin for which there is no name. If someone asks you to state an opinion one way or another, whether you're asked if you'd like a slice of cake or how you would like your hamburger cooked, you give an answer. If you chose to say, "I don't care", however, you are to be subjected to unending torments. For two minutes. The classic Sendakian classic, "Pierre", understands the horrendous nature of this sin. Taking a sort of "Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" type of extremist cure (in this case, getting eaten by a lion) the book examines Pierre's sin of noncommittalness and treats him accordingly. Pierre is a well dressed lad. Sporting a jaunty blue suit and no shoes or socks whatsoever, he lives with his respectable mama and pop. In the first chapter, Pierre's mother attempts to elicit some sort of a decision from her son aside from, "I don't care!". Failing to do so, chapter two follows Pierre's father, who attempts the same thing. In chapter three a lion appears and the oblivious Pierre is eaten, after much dialogue with the aforementioned feline. By chapter four the parents have discovered the sickly lion (Pierre didn't go down so well, I suppose) and swiftly take the lion to the hospital. Happy ending, chapter five, the doctor merely shakes the lion and out pops Pierre. From then on, Pierre cares. The book has much in common with the classic Little Red Riding Hood tale. Fortunately, rather than cutting Pierre out, the doctor (looking like nothing so much as a slightly modified Mr. Magoo) removes Pierre by upending the lion. The lion has seemingly learned his lesson as well, and serves as a mode of transportation for the transformed Pierre and his loving, well dressed parents. The story is small, simple, and easy to read. It's also one of the odder morals out there. But then again, maybe it's a lesson that we all should have learned long ago. It is better to care than to remain indifferent. A difficult thing to teach, but by no means impossible. In my opinion, one of Sendak's best books ever.
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Summary: Setting the stage for novels to come
Review: This book is a very good introduction to novels. Told in chapter form, the young reader can really develop an understanding of how stories are presented with self-contained sections. Even though it is a children's book designed for the beginning reader, the theme of the importance of caring can be related to the lives of all. Mr. Sendak's use of verse adds to the lyrical quality of the selection. Children will really like the choice of words and they may relate to Pierre, who reminds me of how children sometimes reject authority as a means of asserting their independence. By having the lion enter the story adds an element of fantasy that is another attribute of the story. The moral at the end provides the child with a glimpse of another literary element that will be encountered by children during their more advanced studies of literature.
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Summary: eng340review
Review: This is a story about a little boy named Pierre who learned tocare for things. The book consists of forty-eight pages with fiveshort chapters. Throughout the first four chapters, Pierre replied"I don't care!" to every question or comment that hisparents directed to him. The third and fourth chapters have a lioneat him. The final chapter has a doctor removing Pierre from the lionthat ate him because he responded "I don't care!". It wasafter he came out of the lion that he realized he "doescare!". The illustrations were simple and modest, using onlyblack, blue and yellow throughout the book. However, they wereaccurate and corresponded with the story. The illustrations alsodemonstrated the temperament of the characters. Throughout the bookPierre had a smirk on his face when he said, "I don't care!"and in the final chapter, he smiled when he said, "I care!".His parents were presented as strong individuals who seemed to performtough love with Pierre. They left him home (twice) when he said hedid not care because he refused to give a definite answer. I donot know if the plot would attract children to pick out this book, butthe silly illustrations would invite them to continue to read it.Sendak used repetitious and rhyming words with humerus illustrationsto deliver the moral of the story, which was to care. I feel thatthe moral lesson is good for children to learn, especially at thisstage of development. Children need to have emotions about things inorder to care about them. If a child does not develop this importantfeeling, they will become indifferent to other people's feelings.Sendak did a good job indicating this message...
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Summary: Children love "I don't care" Pierre.
Review: When my daughter was young she fell in love with "Pierre". Night after night "Pierre" was her favorite bed time story. This Christmas I asked what book to get her son. Fondly she said, "I don't care".
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