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Title: Over in the Meadow (Picture Books)
ISBN: 0140565086
Author:
Ezra Jack Keats
Publicate Date: 1999-06-01
Publish: 1999-06-01
List Price: $6.99
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Really wonderful book
We love this book. We have a three year old and a 20 month old, and both of them get a kick out of it with the singsong poetry and the great illustrations. They love it when I yell in a kid's voice "we bask!" It's one of our favorites.
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2: Well Loved Classic Poem
Reading this sweet poetry aloud to young children and having them respond to the rhyming has been a delightful activity of mine for thirty years. As mom, teacher and now librarian I have never encountered an unappreciative audience. The illustrations are delightfull, especially the fire flies on the last page. The sounds of the poem are fun for the listener while at the same time relaxing,even soothing.This version is the best.
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3: Provides for an Interactive Story Time
This is my most favorite rendition (Ezra Jack Keats, Illustrator). I believe different versions of this picture book use different verses from the original poem by Olive Wadsworth since they include different creatures. I've been using this particular version for years.
This story (regardless the rendition) provides for interactive story telling as kids like to guess what number comes next before you turn the page. If it doesn't come natural to them, simply prompt them.
I began sharing this story with a Scholastic edition which had a read-along cassette with a musical re-telling (I highly recommend it). Now, I sing this text and the kids provide the turn the page signals (I prompt them to hum the tune that was used on that Scholastic cassette, now CD).
A counting story, a story in rhyme. Playful.
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4: An Old Favorite, Well Done
There are many, many different illustrations of these verses, but Mr. Keats has certainly done an excellent job of making his book distinctive.
Whereas most of the other books have pastel, baby-style, cartoonish drawings, this book is done in a 'more mature' style, using watercolors in a darker palette. [I would direct you to the Amazon "Search Inside this book" feature but ironically it doesn't seem to be working. Instead take a look at the turtle on the back cover to get an idea.]
Five Stars. A classic rhyme with distinctive artwork. This is a book for preschoolers and kindergarteners, etc. that well may be weary of babish artwork.
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5: Great Book for Babies, Kids and Adults to Share!
We love this book! I hope it never ever goes out of print. We started reading it with our son when he was about 11 months old. He loved the rhythms and we all loved the illustrations. It is beautiful to look at while you read. Now our son is almost two and I find that this book just gets better and better for us to read. We all have it memorized (my son chimes in at the end of each line). We are trying to teach him to count and he loves animals, both of which are so wonderfully illustated by Keats. A true classic! A "must have" for kids! I am buying it now for a friend who is pregnant and, like me, loves nature.
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