Michael K. FrithRezensionen

cause and effect

Genre: Fiction
I used this book to help the student I tutored with her sight words. It was a great book to use to help her develop this skillset and I would use this book for that same skillset in my future classroom.½

A funny and short little story about how a small bug can cause a big mess.

Also, a good story to talk to kids about how little actions can have big consequences that they couldn’t expect.

Kids I work with adore this book as well bc it’s a good book for fun voices/sounds and the pictures make them giggle.

A boy talks about all the words he'll teach his dog. He wants to teach his dog 100 words, to be exact. As the story goes on, the boy provides the reader with the number of words that have been mentioned so far. The reader never sees his face--only his arms and legs. He wants his dog to be the smartest one and wants the adults to praise them. He wants to be proud and do something exciting with his furry companion. The ending of the book reveals that the boy plans to wait until next year to teach his dog 100 words, and he says all of this while relaxing by a tree with his pup.

I liked this story, even though it is simple. Sometimes it is nice to read a simple book, especially in times of anxiety or stress. I also liked the element of mystery in the book where the reader cannot see what the boy looks like. Maybe this element is a good one because then, the reader cannot be biased based on physical traits of the protagonist. I also thought it is funny that the boy says he will do all of these things next year. At the end where he is relaxing, the reader can understand that some things can wait and that the little things around you are to be cherished in the moment.

Featuring such classics as Rodin’s The Smooch and da Vinci’s Mona Moi, Miss Piggy’s Kermitage Collection, is truly full of wonders. Included in this book is a map of the entire museum and notes from Piggy herself on the various pieces. She even gives advice on how to collect truly great art.
This book is worth it for the art alone. Trust me on this. However, Miss Piggy’s descriptions of the artwork, and what is most important to her regarding art (if she’s in it or not, usually) is also incredibly entertaining.

I don't know exactly what it is about this book, but it is one of my favorites that I read when I was going through these little books I picked up from the library...

It was just funny to see all the "chaos" one little bugs sneeze caused! And it made me wonder if some of the crazy things that have happened in this world, like a pebble hitting the windshield, could be because of a little bug sneezing...Now, I know, that's just crazy..but hey, who knows right? lol

I just found this book to be so much fun to read and extra cute! I just might have to try to find it so I can buy it for my 4 y/o nephew! Along with a few others... :-)

Oh, The Thinks You Can Think review and Explanation of why I picked these up

I enjoyed this booker for many reasons. The first is that it is an easy read for children and teaches students many sight words. The next reason I liked this book is that it has a good flow to the story and is a rhyming book which students often take a liking to. For example, the book states, " I'll teach him dark and light, and day and night". By doing this, the author engages the reader in the flow of the story. The book also included several illustrations to go along with the action words that were stated in each section.By doing this it allows the students to make a visual connection with the word that is stated and the action that goes along with it. When it comes to the overall theme or message of the story, it is that the main character is going to teach his dog 100 words. This is a very fun and cute book, and is something I would include in my classroom library.

The book, "I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words," by Michael Frith is an excellent book for very young readers or English language learners. It is tagged as a Dr. Suess book, 100th day of school, and vocabulary. I enjoyed this book because it is simple and light hearted. The presentation is wonderful. The pages are colorful, the words are scattered about the page in a way that is easy to follow, yet entertaining. It is a great way for students to learn sight words. There are some very rudimentary sight words, but then students can move on to the more complex words in the book. It could help forma a lesson on comparing and contrasting for a very young age. It gives examples of day and night and dark and light.
This would be an excellent book for students to read.

In my opinion this book is a great introduction to many sight words. It highlights the key words that are being taught as well as how to use them in a sentence. Students would be able to begin by identifying the one word and then slowly be able to identify the whole saying. One phrase that was to be taught was "Cut the grass." The reader would be able to learn "the" and then move onto "cut" and "grass". In this sentence all the words were highlighted. In other sentences only some words are highlighted to show importance of certain words. This book was written to highlight learning sight words as well as identifying rhyme. The plot of teaching a dog new tricks creates a fun story to follow while learning new words.

The mere sneeze of a bug triggers a chain reaction involving, among others, cows, turtles, policemen and an entire circus parade.

In my opinion this book is a good children’s book. It helps young children learn how to count. One of the reasons I think this is a good children’s book is because of the writing style. The author not only counts throughout this book, but he uses rhyming words, which helps children with their vocabulary. For example, “wash your ears and wash your toes and scratch your head and blow your nose.” Not only is there rhyming words, but there’s counting involved too. In the book, there are words highlighted in red and every word in red you count, until you get to 100. Another reason why I liked this book was of the illustrations. The illustrations are very simple, but give you the overall pictures. On one of the pages it has a dog getting ready to brush the bear. It has everything it needs in the picture, the dog, bear, brush and a ladder. Overall, I think this is a good book.

The Little Bug that Went Ka-Choo is a great literature book that uses repetition and a sequence of events. "Because that seed dropped, a worm got mad. Because he got mad, he kicked a tree." This beginning reader book is not great for kindergartners or first graders because it uses some tier two language and would be more appropriate for a second or third grader. This book eloquently tells the story of a little bug and gives the reader experience with what happened all because the little bug went ka-choo!

This silly book would be a great book to teach timelines or sequences of events. In addition, it would also just be a great book to be silly with and allow students to just relax.

My favorite part of this book was how the illustrations back up, and add to the story.

Amazing book! I have a dog and I wanted to train him to understand some words that I usually say. I know it was really hard but with patience and love, I know I can. With the help of this book, I know that this will help me a lot for my dog. Also, I don’t need to send my dog to any training center.

I loved this book about an owner and his dog for several reasons. The writing was very engaging and easy to follow and the characters really made the story stand out. The owner wants to teach his dog many new tricks and show him off to the town. As the book starts and finishes, the flow and rhythm of the writing is very distinct and I think keeps the reader interest. The characters in the story, especially the dog, are very funny and most of the actions demonstrated are so unrealistic that I think kids would really be engaged and want to read which word the owner is going to teach his dog next. I thought this book was really cute and the main message is that, you can have fun with obedient dogs imagining the things they could do and words they could learn is something we all are curious about.

A cute book about words - rhyming in most places, but not all. My toddler loved the silly pictures of the dog doing very non-dog things. Simple language, rhyming, colorful, simple pictures, exactly what you'd expect from a Cat in the Hat book!

It is, of course, valuable to have more pictures of dogs by PD Eastman, he of Go, Dog, Go! fame, but come on, Michael Frith (the author of the words in this book), you're teaching your dog a combination of goony dog commands like shake a paw and basic kid words like up and down? Its boring and pedestrian, when you could have taken a leaf from PD Eastman's (other, better) book and taught him words like "dogs in cars again" and "A DOG PARTY!!!!" Fine, phrases.

10 months - a good very early reader for learning opposites, colors and various words. Great for teaching signs.

Because a Little Bug went Ka-Choo is a crazy book!! I recommend this book to everyone!!

This is a cute narrative depiction of the butterfly effect, though I wished a bit that it led up to more than "and everything was a big mess."

I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words by Michael Frith was a very cute book. I remember my dad reading it to me as a child and telling me he would teach our dog these words. I liked this story because it was a quick read, but also very entertaining. The sentences rhyme and they are descriptive. Throughout the book, the words that Frith is teaching the dog are highlighted in red. I think that is important because it tells the reader exactly what words they author is teaching the dog. I liked the idea of this story because dogs are actually smart enough to learn up to 100 words. I think it would have been a really neat idea to incorporate how you could teach a dog these words. The author says he will teach the dog silly words as well as normal words. I liked that because it made the book fun. For example, “And clean the zoo!” That’s silly because why would the dog need to know what clean the zoo means since dogs do not clean the zoo. The illustrations matched the words exactly and there seemed to be a picture for each phrase or word that the author was teaching the dog. I thought it was really interesting that the author included other people in the drawings, as the narrator was not drawn. The reader can see the narrator’s hands or feet, but can never see a face or whole body. That makes me wonder why you can see other people like the mayor or Mr. Smith. It was difficult to find an overall idea or message in this text, but I would probably say the idea is that you can actually teach your dog 100 words, but it might take sometime—definitely more than a day—to be able to teach your dog all the words.½

Summary: "I'll Teach my Dog 100 Words" is a short story about a boy and his plan to teach his dog 100 words. The boy is encouraged by many people in his town who are very impressed with his dog and it's ability to perform so many tricks. It turns out, however, the boy wishes to teach his dog 100 words next year.
Review: This is a "Bright and Early Book", used to symbolize that it would be a good starting point for young readers. There are many sight words and rhymes throughout the book that will provide good practice for children.

I didn't care much for the words in this book at all. It didn't suck me along at all & just seemed kind of dumb. (This from a guy that rated [b:Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb|857501|Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb|Al Perkins|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320420689s/857501.jpg|19838] & [b:Hippos Go Berserk!|815985|Hippos Go Berserk!|Sandra Boynton|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348176620s/815985.jpg|801906] with 5 stars.) The illustrations were good, though.

An alternate title for this book could quite well be 'Chaos Theory for Kids' or more aptly 'The Butterfly Effect for Kids'. This little book pretty much outlines the idea behind the Butterfly Effect: the theory that if a butterfly flaps its wings in China it causes a hurricane in Miami. Okay, this book is not that extreme, but because a little bug sneezed it created a chain of events which resulted in a boat sinking, a helicopter crashing, a farmer running around the city with a bucket on his head, and a policeman crashing against a rock.
Another way we could look at this book would be 'Cause and Effect for kids' meaning that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, though the reactions in this book are not necessarily equal, but rather compounding upon compounding until such a time as all hell breaks loose, and this is all because a little bug sneezed. I wonder if fans of this book sit in their science classes and when the teacher asks then to explain the theory of cause and effect whether a cheeky kid will put his hand up and say 'is it because a little bug went ka-choo?'
The other thing that caught my attention was that I discovered that this book was written by Rosetta Stone. What, The Rosetta Stone? I didn't know that the Rosetta Stone was an author, but I wonder if it is actually a pen name. I wonder if Rosetta Stone uses that name because the Rosetta Stone actually taught us how to read Ancient Egyptian and as such the modern Rosetta Stone is not only teaching children to read, but also teaching them to understand the complexities of modern science? There are many questions, and not enough answers – maybe there is a Dr Suess book out there that will help me understand that as well?

One of my favorites from when I was little. I think my son will enjoy it when he is a bit older.

This escaped me as a child...but I discovered it when selecting Maggie's Christmas books. It's a funny one that she loves to read.