The Book Depository Little Boy by McGhee
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Price: £17.99
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Description: Little Boy : Hardback : SIMON & SCHUSTER : 9781416958727 : 141695872X : 15 Apr 2008 : From the #1 bestselling team of Someday comes this exquisite work that reminds readers, ever so sweetly and ever so ingeniously, to slow down and celebrate how little moments can lead to much big things. (Baby/Preschool). The Book Depository Little Boy by McGhee - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9781416958727
MPN: 141695872X
GTIN: 9781416958727
Author: Julie Neal
Rating: 5
Review: A gentle reminder to let children have unstructured time to play, this storybook is about a dad reflecting on his son the way the authors'Someday is about a mom and her daughter. Both can bring tears to your eyes. Using short rhymes and expressive illustrations, the story follows one small boy through his day. He wakes up to the sounds of a big yellow dog and Dad singing in the shower. He spends his day climbing trees, splashing in puddles, dumping sand, rolling trucks, being measured to see how tall he is, baking cookies with Dad, kicking balls, pretending to be a pirate, saying goodbye to visiting grandparents and reading to his dog. Like all little kids, the boy plays with his same, favorite toys throughout the day. A yellow robot splashes in a puddle, gets buried in a sandbox and measured for its height, and walks into a cardboard box town. The boy plays with the cardboard box all day too, finally falling asleep in it at night, curled up with his dog. The point of the book is surprisingly deep: that who the boy will become as a man depends on all the seemingly insignificant, everyday activities he does as a child. "Little boy, you remind me how, so much depends on days made of now."
Author: Heather
Rating: 4
Review: There have been a lot of reviews all over the place for this book. So much so, that I had ordered it for a friend's shower and quickly ordered another book just to be make sure it was a decent book. Honestly, what is everyone complaining about? This book is about treasuring your little boy's simple happy moments as he searches the world and finds joy in a cardboard box and a little sippy cup. The author encourages the reader to remember that every simple moment is leading up to the little boy growing up into the man he will be. My only complaint would be the sentences don't always flow. Sometimes the structure of the sentence is not complete. If I had written it, I would have made complete sentences. It can throw the reader off. When my child is learning to read, it may not be a great book for him to try, but for now I just make the sentences complete in the parts that bother me.
