Shen Roddie

This cute children's book follows the efforts of a mother hen as she tries to get her egg to hatch. In successive pages, she talks to it, cooks it spaghetti, knits it a warm woolly jacket, rocks it in a cradle, buries it in a hole and waters it, and finally falls asleep with it in exhaustion. Finally, the baby chick hatches and greets its mother. In a feature designed to delight, some of the pages have touchable textures (the wool sweater, the blanket) or movable parts (the spaghetti strands; mama's wing), the newly emerged chick jumps out of the last page as a pop-up. This book is especially suitable for pre-school children and those who are beginning their lifetime of reading.… (mehr)

This story is about bestfriends who spend most of their days together until privacy becomes nonexistent, and they no longer have their private time to themselves which drives a wedge between their friendship. A story that shows it is good to have a bestfriend, but everyone needs their "peace of mind" time to themselves as well. It is not always the best thing to know everything about someone. Overall, it is an entertaining story that I believe students will find enjoyable due to the funny moments such as when pig is eating a ton of donuts in its house and when Hippo is biting on its toenails.… (mehr)

I liked this book because there were large pictures on each page. Some pages had pictures covering the page and some pages had sidebars for the story. This book also has farm animals which I liked because not all children know about farming or the animals that live on a farm. For example, there is a goose, a mouse, a pig, and more! Finally, i liked that the text was easy to follow and kept my attention all the way through.
The central idea of this book is that we may be different sizes but that does not necessarily mean we are different. It is fairly easy to determine the central message in this book.… (mehr)