wording was awkward in places, I get using a variety of vocabulary to help children grow amp understand new words but this felt forced.
This is a bold and colorful rendition of the classic Three Little Pigs tale set with fish as the main characters, instead of course, piggies.
The illustrations bring a lot of whimsy to this well known adventure and will be especially
enjoyed by fans of cute fish tales.
This rendition of the Three Little Pigs is very relatable to the boardbook reading age group, It's colorful with fun fonts and easy to follow along with, "Not by the skin of my finny fin fin, " I have used this book the past two years for my Kindergarten library lesson about retelling, It's an easy book to begin retelling lessons with since the story is already pretty familiar, It's a terrific retelling because what kid doesn't love books featuring sharks Plus, we all get to cheer when the little guys win.
Very cute rendition with fish of the Three Little Pigs, Ending is a hoot! A hidden "violent" ending,
If the shark lost all his teeth, he wouldn't be enjoying a hearty bowl of seaweed, He would be dead. From starvation. This was the favorite of the books I read to Alena today, I like how it's just like the story of the three little pigs though adapted nicely to be about the three little fish.
It was fun to use different voices while reading this book just as I would have for a three little pigs story.
A whimsical followup to any version of the Three Little Pigs, this Ken Geist story matched with huge, inventive illustrations by Julia Gorton is just plain FUN.
Young children will joyfully crunch and munch along with the shark and shake their heads and index fingers at him as they reply, “Not by the skin of my finny fin fin.
” Get a copy and read it with the young children in your life its finny fin fun, It's difficult to tell who likes this retelling of the "Three Little, . . " story more the child, the story time performer, or the parents! It is so much fun to act out arms and hands clapping together as shark jaws, chanting "Little FISH, Little Fish, let me come in" with the response, "Not by the skin of my finny fin fin!"
If using this in a preschool library story time, when the story is finished and lead everyone in the "Shamu Shimmy".
to the tune HOKEY POKEY, . .
You put your right fin in the children mirror you so put YOUR left "fin" in you put your right fin out you put your right fin in and you shake it all about you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around that's what it's all about! hear tune and see actions here: sitelink youtube. com/watchvsLqEN .
Left fin
dorsal back fin
fluke tail fin Cute. Used for shark themed storytime! Yes, this was good, This is a spinoff of the three little pigs, This time it is a shark and three little fish, Super cute! The Three Little Pigs Ocean style! So much fun and so many engagement opportunities for the kids.
A great read aloud for my preschool story time! An undersea twist on the classic the three little pigs.
This fractured fairy tale has Jim, Tim and Kim leaving their mother's house to live on their own, As each one builds their house a big bad shark comes along and munches and crunches up Jim's house made of seaweed and Tim's house made of sand, but when he attempts to do the same to Kim's house located in an old wooded ship, the shark is in for a surprise.
Children's retelling and reimagining of the classic Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, I loved reading this with my grandson, We had recently been reading the Three Little Pigs and the Big, Bad Wolf and this fit perfectly into our story time.
Hard board book was perfect for reading for infant/toddler, cute reimagination of this classic story that will be sure to become a favorite of many children and adults alike.
Clever poetry, fun and brightly illustrated, loved this!
Sure to become a children's classic! With the Baby Shark craze right now, this is a perfect addition to children's book shelves and give parents a new, fun read as well! As advertised.
A funny take on the familiar story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, Rather enjoyable. This has to be my alltime favorite readaloud for this summer's reading theme! I took this book along to my outreach visits to the preschools this year and had such a good time with the "three little pigs and the big bad wolf" concept but with fish and a shark instead.
The kids were REALLY into the overexaggeration of "then along came the BIG, . . BAD SHARK!" The houses made of seaweed, sand and eventually a ship let the kids have an opportunity to say whether or not the fish made a wise choice in building materials! An awesome readaloud! Even read it in toddler storytime and it went over well! If you like the story of the three little pigs, you'll love this version! Three little fish set out into the world to seek their fortunes only to be faced with a terrible shark.
The outcome is rather funny, Isabella: This book is good because if you were a fish chased by a shark, you would read this book with your fins.
You would be glad to have your fin, . . gers to read your fish book, Yes Grandpa SHE made this pun all by herself! This is a very cute retelling of the three little pigs as you might imagine by the title.
And it worked super well in storytime, However, my older readers pointed out discrepancies in it like sand not having a door or seaweed being tough to work with.
I would have given thisexcept the ending was a bit problematic for me, Why, for instance, could the shark now chomp through the wooden boat It seems that, realistically, this is something a shark could totally do.
Maybe I'm wrong. I don't think kids will think that, though and will enjoy it, I liked how all his teeth fell out doing it, but felt that it was a bit abrupt and didn't flow as well as the rest of the story.
Funny to see a shark eating a "salad, " Cute retelling of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, The artwork is busy but the story works, I read it with my class of one and two year olds and it held their attention, Great for SH sound "Little fish, little fish, let me come in, "
"Not by the skin of my finny fin fin!"
"Then I'll munch, and I'll crunch, and I'll smash your house in!"
Mama tells her three little fish that it's time to make their own homes.
Jim builds his house of seaweed, but the big bad shark munches it up, Tim builds his house of sand, but the shark crunches it up, It's smart Kim who sets up house in an old sunken ship!
Children will delight in this silly story with funny, eyepopping illustrations.
And there's foil on the cover!,
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