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Summary: Repetition, repetition, repetition....
Review: After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to my son enough times to have it memorized, I bought this book thinking that it would be a nice change, and expecting The Grouchy Ladybug to have a moral somewhere along the lines of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (if you haven't read that to your kids, get it). I found The Grouchy Ladybug to be repetative to the point of parental abuse. Eric Carle has good children's books, but this one was definitely not my favorite. The only thing my son has learned from it is "Hey, You, Wanna Fight?" It was okay to read once or twice, but the next garage sale, it's going to mysteriously vanish. I would suggest The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead, if you don't have it.
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Summary: This book is crap
Review: Eric Carle has done better. Read the "Very Quiet Cricket". This book is extremely repetitive and isn't really even a story so much as an excuse for the mediocre illustrations and a kind of irritating gimmick of having differently sized pages. These pages are have for my son to turn also.I love reading real children's stories to my kids, and I don't mind some repetition (e.g., "Guess how much I love you" and "Are you my Mother?" are great...) But the ladybug keeps saying the same thing over and over and over. Yeah, I've hid the book from my kids and they don't miss it.
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Summary: An ill-mannered ladybug learns from her mistakes.
Review: From praying mantis to hyena, Carle explores the distinguishing characteristics of 14 animals through the tactlass actions of an ill-mannered ladybug who ultimately learns from her mistakes. Carle's use of harmony and predictability of action and structure excite young listeners with each passing page. Though the settings change, the grouchy ladybug continuously appears with her abrupt comments to the other animals: "Hey you, want to fight?" Perfect for read-alouds, this repetition compels three and four year olds to anticipate dialogue and predict the next situation. Acrylic paintings of contrasting hues clearly complement this witty text, providing texture to the larger-than-life animals springing from each cut-out page. As these animals grow in size, Carle teaches the concept of time through corresponding gradation in color and shape; The cool colors of night versus the warm colors of day plus the changing shape of the sun as it rises and sets complete the passage of a single day. Carle reinforces this passage by drawing clocks on each page to display the appropriate hour of the day. While presenting valuable concepts of shape and time, a moral lesson to treat others with respect is also taught. Parents may be offended by the disrespectful dialogue which introduces violence to young children, but Carle's overall message is clear: violence only gets you back to where you started, but respect and the kindness of a friend brings you safely to the end of each day.
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Summary: Great for all ages!
Review: I am a mother of 3 aged 5,3 & 1 year. All three of my children love this book. They think the Grouchy Ladybug is a silly bug. They enjoy "reading" along with me because the book is so repetitive! Even my one year old sits & listens intently to the pattern. "Ya' wanna fight! " "If you insist..." "Oh- you're not big enough." Repetition is the best tool in teaching to read & Eric Carle books are PERFECT for that! The other concepts he introduces in his books such as TIME & DAYS are helpful in teaching too. GREAT WORK, MR. CARLE!
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Summary: I can relate to the ladybug.
Review: I enjoyed reading the Hungary Catapiller to my nephews and niece, so I was excited when I saw the Grouchy Ladybug. I think it's a great book for older children, b/c it shows children how if you're mean and start fights, no one will want to play with you. The other reason I really enjoyed this book is because it helps to teach kids about telling time. The whole book is cute. The art work is amazing and the kids like the bright colors. All in all, I think it's a great book for kids and parents to either read aloud or just look at the pictures.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: My children have enjoyed most of Eric Carle's books. However, the only thing my 5-year-old took away from this book was the words, "Hey, you! Wanna fight?" This phrase is repeated throughout the story. Older children may be able to understand the lesson learned at the end, but I really can not recommend this book.
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Summary: The Wonderful World of Insects
Review: The Grouchy Ladybug is a wonderful Eric Carle book. I love his mosiac illustrations, and the moral he projects. The grouchy ladybug is mean to all the other insects that he meets. He does not want to share the aphids on his leaf with the friendly ladybug. He ends up making no friends at all, and the animals he is rude to are getting bigger and fiercer as the book goes on. In the end the grouchy ladybug ends up on the same leaf he started out on, and shares the aphids. Note to teachers: This is a great book to introduce a unit on insects. Most students probably don't understand what aphids are, and the ladybugs feed on them. You could also incorporate all of the other animals in the text to do a unit on animals. There are so many wonderful teaching oportunities with all of Eric Carle's books, but this is one of my favorites.
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Summary: The Grouchy Lady Bug
Review: This book is a fun book for small children to read. In it a grouchy lady bug attempts to start fights with other animals, until she meets her match, a whale. She learns her lesson in the end and isn't quit as grouchy. This book is one I would recommend for children to read, it teaches them first of all pick on somebody your own size and don't fight at all because it's much better to be nice.
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Summary: Animal kingdom and clocks
Review: This book tells the story of a grouchy ladybug who didn't want to share the juicy aphids that he found on a leaf with anyone else. He decides to fight over the aphids with another ladybug, but then determines that she is too small, so he goes off in search of a more worthy opponent. As each hour passes, he encounters another creature, larger and more fearsome than the last, and he dismisses each one in turn until, tired and hungry, he ends up back at the leaf again to share the last of the aphids with the friendly ladybug. The book is not very scary, and animal lovers will get a kick out of it, since it includes so many different creatures. There is a focus on simple time telling in the book. The book contains about 800 words.
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Summary: Wonderful book--one of my child's favorites
Review: This is a great book and the repetition is great for a emerging young reader. My 3 year old can "read" this book to himself and his baby sister because he can anticipate what will happen when he turns the page. He has language delays due to hearing problems when he repeated ear infections and these repetitious books that Eric Carle has done have been wonderful with slowly introducing him to language.
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