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Gros Bobo (2008)

by Jeremy Tankard(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0545987733 (ISBN13: 9780545987738)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Scholastic, Inc.

review 1: Bird and Raccoon are playing catch when the ball bonks Bird in the head. Although Raccoon apologizes profusely and kisses Bird’s boo-boo, Bird is inconsolable. Raccoon decides to ask some of their friends for help. Rabbit gives Bird a hug, Beaver gives Bird a cookie, Sheep suggests a game to distract Bird, and Fox puts a band-aid on the boo-boo. Nothing helps. Bird’s friends finally burst into tears themselves, crying, “Boo hoo hoo! Nothing is making Bird feel better.” All of a sudden Bird feels better! Maybe it’s magic, maybe he’s suddenly realized he’s being a wee bit silly – you decide!This is a very sweet story, with colorful animal friends who obviously care a great deal about one another. Kids will likely be familiar with at least some of the... more methods the animals use to try to make Bird feel better – and some will even recognize that Bird is probably overreacting. The story ends with the animals playing another game of catch – can you guess what happens next? Even though Bird is sad, there’s nothing sad about this story. You’ll find yourself giggling as Bird’s friends try to comfort him over and over again.
review 2: Boo Hoo Bird is a simple story that all children can relate to. Bird is playing a game of catch with his friend when you gets hit on the head with the ball. Bird cries and cries, and nothing will make his boo-boo feel better. All of his friends try different ways of getting Bird to feel better. When all of his friends have given up, Bird finally realizes that his boo-boo doesn’t hurt so badly after all. The artwork for this story is done in a classic cartoon style. Children will love the blue bird with his mohawk of feathers. The background art is done in playful colors, and again in a cartoon style. All of the characters are drawn in ways that make the characters not look exactly like the real animal. For example, the bunny’s head looks like a giant letter “U” and the badger’s head is square. Children will find this cartoonish style entertaining. All children can relate to Bird’s experience. Every child has hurt themselves, made a big deal about it, and then discovered that it doesn’t really hurt after all. This story would be perfect for a storytime session about getting hurt, and learning to cope with it. It would be very easy to duplicate Bird for a craft and have the children color him and put Band-Aids on him. less

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