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Chargement... Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?par Audrey Vernick
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I immediately fell in love with this book just after page one. This story highlights some of the feelings students might have when entering kindergarten and lets them know that it is ok and that they are not alone. This could be categorized in both fantasy (buffalos do not actually go to school) and realistic fiction (real emotions that students often feel). The illustrations are fun and will make kids smile and laugh at how silly it looks to have a buffalo at school. ( ) This is a warm and friendly book that portrays a buffalo at kindergarten for the first time. While buffalo's don't actually go to school, young children do. They share the same fears portrayed by the young buffalo in the book. Reading this book to a five year old who is nervous about his/her first day will teach them that it is okay to be different. "Everyone is special in his or her own way. That is the kind of thing you learn in kindergarten." This statement will help new students feel more comfortable being their own person. It also teaches other students not to judge others for being different, Whether they are a different size, color, race, gender, or even animal, everyone is special in his or her own way. Although some people think that kindergarten isn’t a place for a buffalo, the little girl in this book knows otherwise. Her buffalo has a backpack, which means he’s definitely ready for kindergarten. He may be shy in his new environment because no on else has a hump or horns or a mane, but he’ll learn that everyone is special in his or her own way. The girl goes on to identify many possible concerns you might have for your buffalo, such as using scissors, learning to cooperate and take turns, even when someone calls him a Fluppalo, and helping your buffalo look his best on picture day. Although he might have been shy to start off with, your buffalo will learn to love kindergarten. In fact, he may not want to leave at all! The humorous tone of the text makes this book a fun one to read out loud. There are plenty of rhetorical questions that kids will find hilarious. The illustrations feature slightly exaggerated characters and a buffalo with the most endearing smile I’ve ever seen. I’m guessing the illustrations were done digitally, but all the lines have a crayon texture to them, which is appropriate to the kindergarten setting. Full Review at Picture-Book-a-Day: http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-115-is-your-buffalo-ready-for.h... My 3 year old LOVED this book, and my 5 year old, having started kindergarten 2 weeks prior, LOVED LOVED LOVED this book because it was about HIS new adventures! This is a fantastic story for any age, but even more-so if your child is preparing for kindergarten. I loved this book. I fell in love with this teddy-bear of a buffalo. I felt empathetic to his anxiety, and warmth to his struggle. I love the fun in the lesson as well as the lesson itself. To read our full review, go to The Reading Tub®.
As the title indicates, this is a silly book about the first day of kindergarten with one's own buffalo. The analogy here is that kids react and behave differently, and that there is a place for all of them in school. The story prompts readers to remind the buffalo that finger painting is fun and it's okay to get messy; those hooves could create a masterpiece. Buffaloes (and children) learn how to get along without using their horns. "Cooperating and taking turns are both Very Big Deals in kindergarten." This wacky picture book, with its bold cartoonlike illustrations of a buffalo that snorts, dances, and makes faces, may help apprehensive youngsters to be more at ease about going to school. "Everyone's special in his or her own way. That's the kind of thing you learn in kindergarten." Vernick's amusing tale will prove handy as a first day of school recommendation for children and teachers alike." Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? He is if he's got a backpack, of course. There are other things you can do to help him out, too--introduce him and his adorable furry face to your friends, guide him to the best playground games ("Your buffalo is the very best hiding spot ever") and always remind him that "Everyone's special in his or her own way" (maybe he can't use scissors, but he is the state animal of Oklahoma). To this tongue-in-cheek direct-address text, Jennewein matches clean, cartoon compositions. His smudgy pencil outlines soften the flat colors and make plenty of hay with the buffalo's outsized bulk. The giant ruminant's goofy grin matches that of his redheaded owner's and heightens the ridiculousness of the scenario. As an embodiment of school anxiety, this buffalo leads the herd--plus, he's got a hump. -Kirkus Reviews, 6/1 Listes notables
Although kindergarten provides unique challenges for a young buffalo, one who follows the rules and tries his best will get along fine. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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