My review of this book
1 Star for writing and
publishing
1 Star for cover
1 Star for formatting
interior
½ Star for preview
1 Star for book as a
whole
First, I have to give a huge thank you to
Lorraine. For not only being the first author to send me a physical book but
also the first person to send me any correspondence from another country. So
thank you Lorraine, my children and I looked forward to your package coming
from the UK. It gave me a reason to teach them about other countries and where
the UK is.
Seeing that this was an educational book for
small children probably around 3rd grade, I decided to read a little
of the book a day to my kids. My kids are going into 3rd, 1st,
and Pre-K this year. I also based most of this review on their responses from
the book.
As always I gave one star for simply writing
and publishing a book. At first I was going to give a half star for the cover,
because I didn’t understand the concept of the bubbles and how it relates to
the book. Then on the second and third day of reading, my daughter going into 1st
grade kept talking about the bubbles and then into parts of the stories she
liked when describing it to her mother. It was then I realized that the bubbles
on the cover were not for me but for the target audience. It was well done at
capturing her attention so I gave one star for the cover. The book has been
obviously professionally prepared and I could not find any errors on the
interior formatting, so I gave 1 star for that. I’m sorry to say that I could
only give a ½ star for the preview or intro of the book. It was interesting but
not attention grabbing and a little dry. Finally I gave the book 1 star for the
book as a whole. It kept my children entertained, interested and looking
forward to me reading the next part. In fact, one day I forgot about us reading
because we were busy. One of my daughters reminded me and asked for me to read
the next part. As we did my other daughter joyfully joined us. Even my son, who
is going into his second year of Pre-k, sat down for one of the readings and
listened intently. If you knew my son you would be very impressed with that.
4 ½ out of 5 stars total
I would recommend this book to anyone with
small children, children about to learn their times tables, and especially to
parents that have a child having trouble with memorizing them. The idea of
combining story time with poetry, while reinforcing times tables, was
inspiring. It’s too soon to tell if any of the information stuck but what was
clear was that my kids enjoyed the book. That means I can always go back and
reread the book to help them in the future with their times tables, or just to
enjoy the stories again. I would also add that I have recommended this book to
my local school district to see if they would like to use in our schools here.
I really hope they will consider it because anything that can help kids learn
is worth having.
If
you would like to get a copy of this book for yourself, use the link below.
If
you would like to read my interview with author Lorraine Reed use this link
Remember,
books make great gifts for the holidays and
As Always, Happy Reading and Writing Everyone
G. D. Talbot
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