Edith Thacher HurdRecensioni

I liked this. Very sweet. It somewhat reminded me of a much less complex Pagoo.

This does mention many facts of life in nature. Nursing a sea otter pup, threat of a shark, a major storm, the eventual death of the mother sea otter.

This also mentions millions of years.

Book about homesteading both Ms and Mx liked this book. Mx especially requested this book over and over.

What parent has not struggled with a sick child who does not want their medicine?

A great illustration of TLC in action.

A childhood favorite

When spring comes to Farmer Clem's farm, Baby Mouse loves to go exploring.

Tired of his witch always casting spells - one of which turned him into a rat! - a large black cat named the So-So Cat (because he was "so, so black") hides the witch's wand, hat and broomstick. Intending to retrieve these magical tools when Halloween comes, the So-So Cat keeps silent as the witch wonders where each item has gone. When Halloween night finally arrives and he finds that the hidden objects have disappeared, he must set out in search of them. But will he be able to convince the little girl who found them, and is using them as her Halloween costume, that she must give them up...?

Published in 1964, The So-So Cat is the first book I have read from prolific children's author Edith Thacher Hurd, who wrote seventy books over the course of her career. I am far more familiar the author's husband and illustrator, Clement Hurd, whose work on such childhood classics as Good Night Moon and The Runaway Bunny is rightly celebrated. I found the story here entertaining, and full of lots of witchy fun. The artwork is quite dark, and is in a different style from some of Hurd's other illustrations. I'm not sure I particularly cared for the visuals, truth be told, although I do think they add to the feeling of spookiness throughout. Recommended to picture-book readers who enjoy witchy fare, and to readers looking for vintage Halloween books for children.

A whimsical look at the journey of a "secret" sent through the mail! It was published in 1952, and I can tell you as a letter carrier now, things have changed quite a bit! But, ultimately, a letter from a little boy does get to his grandmother, and that really is a cute thing!

In addition, this book is written by Margaret Wise Brown, she of "Goodnight Moon" fame! So it's pretty cute for that reason too!½

this book is about different birds and how they look, live, and communicate. It talks about specific bird types and how they are different from other birds. The language of the text is simple and straightforward. This is a great informational resource for early readers.

" The Black Dog Who Went Into the Woods," is about a family who cannot find their dog, and the youngest child, Benjamin, believes the dog has died in the woods. The family searches for the dog for hours, but Benjamin continues to say that the dog has passed on. Coming to terms with this, the family tries to move on from this, but the dog decides to visit them in their dreams to say his final goodbye. As the dog visits each family member, each of them can finally part with the family best friend.

Benjamin senses that his dog is no longer with him, and naturally throughout the book, he is upset about his best friend. Once the dog visits him in the dream, Benjamin is no longer upset knowing that his dog is in a better place and no longer in pain.

Much in the tradition of Elsie Minarik's Little Bear early readers, Johnny Lion finds adventures inside the house before he gets boots, and outside, after he gears up to splash in puddles.  I liked how, when J. got tired of painting pictures (very cool pix, btw, fruitful resource for students of child psychology) and paints his tail, Mother makes him clean up the mess.  I didn't care for the climax, when the parents came out in the rain worried about their little lion because there was a dog loose in the neighborhood, and I don't think young readers would appreciate that bit, either.

I read the 'I Can Read' version. The story is perfectly suited to the constraints of a primer - simpler words and frequent repetition support the plot and tone.

The story is simple - Suzie needs to get to school. Her nanny/ babysitter, Miss Mugs, is determined to hurry through the whole morning, heedless of consequences. Well, a series of escalating consequences finally teaches Miss Mugs what Suzie, and the milkman, and policeman, and etc., have been trying to tell her all along. Haste makes waste, stop and smell the roses, just be.... all those lessons we still haven't learned, we needed to learn all those decades ago when this gem was written.

The pictures, too, support the characters and story. Fairly simple, somewhat scribbly & casual-looking, but fun and active - just right.

It's probably not in print any longer, but if your library system has a copy, check it out to prevent it from getting culled yet.

creative illustrations of a basic nature story

Read (for the first time ever) in [b:Story Land: 40 Of The Best Little Golden Books Ever Published|1786505|Story Land 40 Of The Best Little Golden Books Ever Published|Golden Press|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1188336040s/1786505.jpg|1785397]. Difficult to read as the rhythm was off (or unnatural, maybe). And of course the educational part is obsolete, now. But I do remember that when we sent cards to grandma in the country, we addressed them by name, RR 1, town and ZIP - no address necessary, just 'rural route #1.'

A young girl goes and visits her grandparents and they believe that the best day is a noisy day.

A favorite of mine...its so cute and cleverly written.

22 months - cute book and the rhyming parts are great. The non-rhyming parts seem abrupt and akward.

A little boy writes a letter to his grandmother. He takes his letter and slips into the mailbox. The first postman takes the letter out of the box and takes it to sorted and stamped, from there the letter shipped. The boy's letter is sent to different locations before it is finally mailed to his grandmother. This a really neat book that shows how the mail is sent to several different forms of transportation. Classroom extension; have the students sort mail just like the post office, the mail can be in alphabetical order and placed into boxes. Once student can place all the envelopes the same way, while the next can write "Return to Sender" on the envelopes.

This story is about family relationships between grandparents and their grand daughter and spending time together
Pierce College Library
Ages 4-7.

Jenny goes for a night to stay with her Grandparent's house. They cook dinner, make a house for the cat and have a great time dancing.

the book is about a relationship between a child and her grandpanrents

Interesting story for an easy reader. Miss Mugs babysits for Suzie. But before they can go to the zoo, Miss Mugs needs to clean. Suzie understands by page 8 that Miss Mugs "WASHED too much." SPOILER: Finally, after the elephant at the zoo soaks Miss Mugs, she realizes that having some fun is more important than cleanliness. Miss Mugs displays obsessive-compulsive behavior until the end of the book. While this is funny and makes a beginning reader feel superior to a grownup, I'm not sure if most people with OCD can cure themselves so easily.

The pictures are black outlines with splashes of a few colors from a time when artists had to do color separation themselves.

This is "An I CAN READ BOOK' from Harper & Row.

*Informational* *CCSS Exemplar Text* This book is about the many different kinds of starfish and some of the characteristics specific to each one. The illustrations in this book are quite impressive. I also thought it was interesting to learn how slowly starfish move (the speed of a snail). I enjoyed learning about their eating habits as well. I believe the main point of this book was to educate young students about starfish in an interesting and informative way.

My reaction to this book was that is was informative in a simple way for younger children. Startfish are complicated creatures and this book did a nice job of breaking down the scientific information into a language that is more understanding. Hurd's simplified description of all the things about starfish: rays (arms), no legs, mouth is on the underside, eats mussels, they can regrow their rays, and that they are not fish but sea urchins. Also I thought the book use of illustrations help to reiterate the writing. Overall the outline of the book is easy understanding of how this mysterious underwater creature survives.

The purpose of this book is to inform young children about starfish and how they survive, reproduce, and live in the ocean. I think that the use of simplistic text and images help to educate young children about starfish.

books about animals who are pretending they are human are not my favourite. why don't we have a child and parents?

don't really like animals humanized but i think kids do.