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Potato Joe (2008)

by Keith Baker(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0152062300 (ISBN13: 9780152062309)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: Potatoes do not get enough attention in the world. Why is this? I am out to change this - one child at a time - by reading this book @ storytime this week. No. Just because I loved this book, not to rid the world of injustice against potatoes. Keith Baker has created some sweet little potatoes here though (get it, sweet potatoes!?) and it rhymes so cleverly. The illustrations have lovely movement to them and you know that each time you turn a page the potatoes on the previous page are simply whooping it up, doing their own thing because you are no longer paying attention to them.There are guest appearances by a few other interesting foods - a nice tomato and a huge watermelon - and the book ends down in the dirt where the potatoes grow. Each page has the potatoes up... more to some sort of clever mischief and despite the limited colour palate available to a book where the main characters are brown and their setting is mainly one of dirt, this book is still beautiful to read through and see again and again. The rhymes are great and the rhythm has that catchy beat that reminds me of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and everybody knows that is a great thing to read aloud. Oh, if you are not already convinced this is a book you should read - there is a potato rodeo. Oh yes.
review 2: The potatoes are out of the ground and ready to roll! They are jumping and counting together with their friends in the garden.I enjoy this simple title about potatoes. They count and roll and rhyme together. They counting up to ten and count down to one. The illustrations are big and bright. The text is big and bold as well. An excellent title and a great read for beginning readers.Theme: dirtAdditional themes: gardens, potatoes, countingReviewed from a library copy. less

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