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Summary: most memorable
Review: Every year my first grade students tell me this is a great story. The book rhymes and the children love the rhyme. The children love the illustrations and the action that happens to the main characters ball.
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Summary: A first grade teachers review
Review: Every year my first grade students tell me this is a great story. The book rhymes and the children love the rhyme. The children love the illustrations and the action that happens to the main characters ball.
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Summary: Evil Torture for Parents
Review: The problem with this book is that kids love it--but it's torture for parents. It's like the Monty python joke that never ends, or like a Kafkaesque tunnel with no apparent termination. While your child sits enthralled with the repetitive, bizarre narrative, you will be rubbing your face in misery, JUST WANTING IT TO END. Other than that, it's an OK book, I guess.
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Summary: My favorite as a kid, now my kids favorite
Review: This book is narrated by a little boy who is enjoying an afternoon at play with his tethered big red ball. As happens any time a child is at play, something goes wrong that leads to a great and wonderful adventure. The string breaks, the ball gets loose, and the little boy follows it through the town in an effort to retrieve it. After a number of exciting events, it is finally blasted through the sky and lands in his own backyard. He arrives home to find that someone has already re-tethered it, so he immediately resumes an afternoon of play with his big red ball. But once again, the ball gets loose, and the adventure starts anew as the book ends. My children found this absolutely delightful, and they read it over and over as though the story has no ending. This book is very motivating, as well as entertaining for children and parents. There are also two minor characters in the book that add a great deal to the fun. The first is the boy's dog, whose expressions intensify the humor and action of the book. The second is a little girl who stands at the boy's fence watching him play. She appears almost hidden on most every page, and is once again present when the little boy arrives home to find his ball mysteriously tethered. Thought provoking and great fun. You and your children will love this book!
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Summary: most memorable
Review: This book is the one I remember most from childhood -- the images,the fun! You're child will love this book for YEARS. Am ordering two - for my 25 month old niece, and for my baby-to-be.
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Summary: Warning: Addictive! Child will not let you put it down!
Review: This was the first full length story book that my son (27mths) was completely enthralled by. The story told in simple rhymes is easily followed and remembered. Abdul Lateef was also completely bowled over by the detailed and humorous illustrations. And at the risk of sounding sacrilegious, I'll still say that this book is much more suitable for little kids than genuine Dr Seuss books, which often have many nonsensical words and far too convoluted ideas that young children may not understand or appreciate.
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