It’s known far and wide that I am a big Catrow fan.  I also really like Katz.  If I read this as a book of silly poems, I love them all.  If I try to sing them in tune to match the song, they trip my tongue and I cant get it to work.  But I still love the read and the illustrations.

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A simple book with a full story. I expected just colors with one word and examples by pictures.  But this uses full sentences with known characters.

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Gus is an inquisitive little duckling, who likes to be and explore by himself.  This book is quiet, and simple, but tells a big story.  Everything works.

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What is a princess to do when jugglers and acrobats just are not birthday enough for a birthday?  Why she goes in search of a dreadful dragon.  Just to find out, that a dreadful is a dreadful does.  Lots of fun to be had in these pages.  And lots of bubbles too.

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I love this series.  The ghosts, goblins and witches learn from a cute and cuddly bunny what love is.  You know, kissing on the lips.  But Fran knows it is much deeper and lovelier than that.  This book is just … ahhhh.  It's fun, it’s lovely, it’s full of laughs.  

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I don’t really think this book gets the idea of Mody Dick across.  I realize it’s turning hundreds of pages into 30 words or less, but it doesn’t work.  It makes Moby Dick seem like a happy go lucky story.  So it doesn’t work for me.

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There are more words on the cover of the book then there are in the pages. It’s okay and I can see the flow from the original.  It’s a primer that looks at sound.  And as that it works. As a representation of the classic, it’s a little lacking.

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This was a very interesting way of looking at animals and looking at numbers.  And some of the numbers are amazing large and eye opening.  I can think of lots of kids who will love this book, and read it over and over again.

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Say hello to various animals throughout the world.  Why say Hello?  The more people who know about these strange and unusual creatures, the more likely they will survive in the wild. All animals mentioned in this book are threatened or near extinction in the wild.  We can help save them but simply knowing about them.

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AHHHHHhhhhhhhhh.  Bear has a box that he thinks is wonderful, but others have him doubting his own opinion.  But his opinion is his own, and it works out in the end.  This story is simple, but so heartfelt, you sigh with happiness at the turn of the last page.

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