Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!
Book Review: Cute book, but more for an older child
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is cute, but not really for an infant.Book Review: Fun Way to Learn
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a huge fan of Dr. Suess and hope that my son will love the books as much as I did. I was excited to get this book and sing the ABC's in a new way. I got a little tongue tied with all the rhymes, but my son sure thought it was funny!Book Review: Dr. Suess and ESL
Summary: 3 Stars
As an ESL teaching tool for kindergarten, this book is better than the original because it is simpler. However, the pictures are very small, which isn't as good in the classroom. The adaptation of the original story is well done.Book Review: great introduction to Seuss classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I started reading this version of the book to my daughter when she was 3 months old. Now, a year later, the book is well-chewed and well-loved. She brings the book to me for reading and enjoys turning the pages by herself. She likes pointing out the elements in the illustrations and trying to name them.
I was originally surprised that the original text and imagery were edited, but in retrospect, it makes sense. Board books are meant for babies and toddlers, who are more attacted to simple rhymes and imagery; the original Seuss is too visually complex to be of much interest to the average 18-mo-old, plus it's too long for short attention spans.
But, I'll be upgrading to the original version once my daughter can turn the pages of a regular book without ripping the pages or chewing it up!
My conclusion - a good introduction to Dr. Seuss. Getting the "real" book will be an added surprise and pleasure to the young reader.
Book Review: My Son's First Favorite Book
Summary: 5 Stars
As the purists will tell you in their review, this is an abridged version. However, it is a perfectly good abridged version. At six months old, this was the first book that my son would sit still and listen to all the way through. He loved the rhythms of the words in the book, and thus began a long term love of this book. Soon after his second birthday, he had both the upper case and lower case letters of the alphabet mastered. I read this book to him so many times that I can still recite it all the way through (and reciting it to him on long car rides was invaluable!). Now that he is 5 and reads the original version by himself, both of us sometimes get tripped up and start to say what is in the board book (which I should also note is more repetitive than the original, which as we all know babies and toddlers love). So for those who say that the original is "bettter", I would argue it is simply a matter of preference for the familiar. As to those who say let the baby have the original paper-page book--no thanks. Board books are much more sturdy and tolerate the inevitable chewing. Abridged Seuss is still Seuss and my son (and now daughter) love the abridged Seuss board books. And after all the goal is to get our children to love reading.