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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2099 KP) rated Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? in Books

Mar 3, 2022  
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss | 1970 | Children
10
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Sounds Like a Fun Book for All Ages
This is a simple book. There’s really no plot, but as we read, we find out about all the noises that Mr. Brown can imitate. Yes, he can imitate a cow, but there’s also a cork, rain, a train, and a butterfly. Yes, you read that right.

This has all the creativity, humor, and charm of a classic Dr. Seuss book. I loved it as a kid, and I found it just as fun reading it to kids when I was older. Since the sounds are part of the rhythm and rhymes of the book, they call out to be made as you read, so it is most fun if you really get into it. This is classified as an easy reader. Some of the sounds written out might not be familiar words, but it is a chance to challenge young readers in a context they will get. Add in Dr. Seuss’s illustrations, and you have a winner.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2099 KP) rated What Pet Should I Get? in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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What Pet Should I Get?
Dr. Seuss | 2015
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
When a brother and a sister arrive in a pet shop to pick out a new pet, they are faced with so many wonderful choices. Will they pick a dog, a cat…or something more exotic?

You can tell that Dr. Seuss didn’t think this was his best work and that’s why he gave up on it. The rhymes are almost there, but they aren’t as good as some of his books. Same with the rhythm of the lines. By the time we get to some of Seuss’s trademark imaginary creatures (and there are only two of them), they feel forced into the book. Never mind the fact that we never answer the title question. Fortunately, the illustrations live up to the Seuss name. It’s not a bad book, but it’s not one to rush out and buy, either, which is what I suspected before picking it up.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/07/book-review-what-pet-should-i-get-by-dr.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated Rosie the Tarantula: A True Adventure in Chicago’s Field Museum in Books

Jun 14, 2018  
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Rosie the Tarantula: A True Adventure in Chicago’s Field Museum
Peggy Macnamara | 2017
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Rosie the Tarantula: A True Adventure in Chicago’s Field Museum by Peggy Macnamara is a cute picture book. It is a story about a pink footed tarantula, Rosie, who lives at the Chicago field museum. One day in 2011 she escaped from her room. She didn’t appear until 2012. This book imagines the adventure she might have had. It is also used to describe what can be found at the field museum. Plus there are lots of notes at the end about the real rosie, and other animals mentioned in the book. I will say the rhymes are hard and do not flow well, but for this book I don't think it is needed. I applaud the author for getting the words to rhyme in the first place. And while this book is about a Chicago based institution, lots of kids will love its story and colorful illustrations.

I received an ARC from Northwestern University Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  

I give the book 4/5 stars.
  
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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Feb 2, 2021  
Sneak a peek at the historical fiction novel STORK BITE by L.K. Simonds on my blog. Be sure to enter the giveaway to win signed paperbacks of both All In and Stork Bite by L.K. Simonds as well as a $50 Visa gift card!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/02/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-stork-bite.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
“Everything has to be reconciled eventually.”

Caddo Parish, 1913. On an October morning, a Klansman confronts seventeen-year-old David Walker at a hidden oxbow lake where he has gone to hunt. David accidentally kills the man and hides the crime. His determination to protect his family from reprisal drives him far from home and into manhood.

Shreveport, 1927. Cargie (rhymes with Margie) Barre and Mae Compton are two vastly different young women, but both are defying convention to reach for their dreams. The men in Cargie’s and Mae’s lives help and hinder them in more ways than one. After years in hiding, David Walker finally resurfaces, and we discover the past is never as far from the present as it seems.