Books by Deborah Underwood
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review 1: This is one of those books that is a discussion between the narrator and the central, pictured character, like Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. The cat replies to the text of the narrator in pictures he holds up as signs. Cat is jealous of the Easter Bunny at the beginning a...
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review 1: This book is about an ordinary girl who goes to sleep and dreams she is a fantastic princess that helps everyone. What really caught my attention is that the words aren't just straight and at the bottom of the page, but slant and swirl all over the pages. It made it more interest...
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review 1: A magical Christmas picture book, the second book by Deborah Underwood that looks at the various ways we understand "quiet". It's about the underlying emotion behind the situation that this quiet brings. "The Christmas Quiet Book" sets the stage with "Mysterious bundles quiet",...
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review 1: Underwood, D. The Quiet Book. HMH Books for Young Readers (2010).Illustrated by Renata LiwskaThe Quiet Book is the prequel to The Loud Book, and it talks about the different types of quiet, such as top of the roller coaster before you fall quiet to falling asleep quiet. The readi...
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review 1: This book by Deborah Underwood is all about different loud sounds that happen. Each of the sounds are relatable and most kids would understand them. I think it is great and simple. The illustrations by Renata Liwska are very cute and perfect for each different situation. If there...
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review 1: What a sweet story! In sparse, rhyming words, a little boy and his family pack up their things, leave good friends behind, and move across country. Glowing, gorgeous illustrations show a progression from total devastation to curiosity and ultimately a new friend. This would be...
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review 1: Ever long for something you can't have? Well Isabel and Walter, two porcupines, want to have a balloon for graduation just like all their other classmates. However, their teacher Ms. Quill explains balloons are not safe around porcupines and they will receive bookmarks instead....
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review 1: THE QUIET BOOKReview==============As I have stated in other reviews, I tend to avoid books that anthropomorphize animals. While this book contains impressively artistic and detailed illustrations, the colors are dark, and the story is beyond repetitive. For most little ones, I th...
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review 1: The Quiet Book is a book about all the different reasons a person might be quiet. This book brings to a persons attention that there is not just a couple reasons to be quiet, that there are actually several, many more than a person would at first think. Each quite described in t...
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review 1: “There are many kinds of quiet,” begins this delightful picture book aptly titled The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood. The muted illustrations of bears, rabbits, moose, owls, and other creatures presented by Renata Liwska deftly add to the sense of “hush” as one reads through all...
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review 1: I loved THE QUIET BOOK, and I enjoyed this one, too. I think the art here is spectacular. The expressions on the animals' faces--especially the candy-wrapper one and the lunch tray one, are fabulous and often hysterically funny. Because the characters are making loud noises in th...
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review 1: This book is another book that I would use in a lower grade level class where the students are developing basic skills such as describing colors, sounds, etc. This book has intriguing illustrations which go along perfectly with the text which will help the students comprehend the...
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review 1: Underwood, D. The Loud Book. Houghton Mifflin Books (2011).The Loud Book! dives into the different "types" of loud. There is a good loud, a bad loud, the kind of loud where everyone is looking at you, and many other examples. Reading level is preschool through first grade, and yo...
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review 1: So so so so perfectly conceived and executed that I was giggling with delight on every page. All the way from the cover (I LOVE that the duck is playing the kazoo AND the accordion like some kind of all-star one-duck band) to the perfect ending. If I had a child, The Quiet Book a...
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review 1: Cat wants to be Santa. Why? Because he doesn't think Santa will give him any presents this year. Why? Because he hasn't been very nice, according to his pie chart. But, instead of being Santa, why don't you try just being nice? Cat tries to be nice, but it isn't easy.I can't rea...
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review 1: This is an adorable, laugh out loud book! Perfect for the holidays and fun to read. Cat doesn't talk, but he does hold up signs and show you what he's thinking through his body language. The book is written in a style that has a narrator "talking to" the Cat, so facing pages have...