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Sue Mcdonald Had A Book (2000)

by Jim Tobin(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: My five-year-old son picked this book out from the library this week. He likes his letter books. Of course, I sang the book (with no difficulty). The rhythm was slightly different from "Old MacDonald" but it was still easy enough to make it fit. My son sang the vowels, so no problem there. The illustrations aren't my favorite style -- too cartoony -- but they do work well with this book.
review 2: Weelll... I have to confess that I never much cared for books that involve letters of the alphabet as characters. My four year old picked out this one at the library randomly and was mildly disappointed in it. He enjoyed picking out the letters he recognized on the last page, and the story did spark a conversation about vowels, but he was mostly bored by the story... more (which contorts itself awkwardly and references place names outside the lexicon of the typical young child in order to fit the meter and rhyme scheme of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" while making extra use of each vowel in turn). The cartoon-like illustrations are not a very popular style in children's books right now and, in my opinion, add to the dated feel of the story. I really thought the book was from the early nineties until I checked the copyright. Nothing wrong with that. Obviously other people enjoyed the book very much. We're just not big fans of this style. less

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