Sometimes I wonder if poodles like noodles - Softcover

Numeroff, Laura Joffe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439183189 ISBN 13: 9780439183185

Publisher: Scholastic, 2000

Synopsis

Sometimes I wonderdo lions use irons, Do poodleseat noodles, Can chickensread Dickens...WHAT'S THAT? You don't know the answers, you haven't a clue? That's okay -- sometimes it's fun just to wonder. In this collection of playful poems there are musings about everything in a child's world, from "A Day at the Beach" to "My Friend's Freckles" (do they go all the way down to your toes?). The short verses are a delight to read aloud and are brought to life in funny, imaginative pictures. Thi book is sure to inspire plenty of giggles as it challenges readers to find the silliness in their own surroundings.

About this title

About the Author:

Of this book Laura Numeroff writes:
When I was little I loved to rhyme
It was a favorite way to spend my time.
I also LOVED to read a lot
Curled up in bed was a really good spot!
I loved to draw and play with clay
Or spend time writing all through the
day. Science and music, playing pretend
I still love the things I did back then.

Laura Numeroff's most recent book is What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

The title of Numeroff's (If You Give a Pig a Pancake) uneven collection of verse represents the first line of her opening poem, which goes on to speculate: "Do lions use irons,/ Can chickens read Dickens,/ Do horses take courses,/ Can beavers be weavers...." Unfortunately, its whimsy and lively cadence appear in few of the subsequent poems, all written in the voice of a cheerful girl. Aided considerably by Bowers's (Six Voyages of Pleasant Field Mouse) lifelike oil paintings, the verses do capture the child's likable personality. Yet they come up short in both inventiveness and composition. For instance, despite its kid-pleasing theme, "On Halloween" reads as a lackluster listing of costumes worn by the narrator's friends. On a number of occasions, rhythm falters and rhyme schemes get lost, as in the inaugural stanza of "A Day at the Beach": "This summer when I go to the beach/ I'd like to collect some shells./ I'll string them together and hang them at home/ So when the wind blows they'll sound like bells." Bowers's illustrations provide a narrative through line, incorporating various members of the girl's household as well as images that range from the fanciful (a meticulously clipped poodle slops up pasta, a beaver happily weaves a basket) to the realistic (at bedtime, the girl perches on her bed, hugging her dolls and stuffed animals). This book's graphics will linger in children's memories longer than its verse. Ages 4-8. (May)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0439183189
• ISBN 13: 9780439183185
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32