There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales
by Alvin Schwartz (Retold by)
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A collection of six stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, Europe, and Asia Minor.Tags
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I wasn't too enthralled myself, but I reckon that it's a good early reader. My son has been reading me a chapter a night, and he's been fairly eager. But, I think it's more because he CAN read it, rather than him enjoying the stories. In fact, I suspect he barely got any of the jokes without me explaining (except maybe the one about the pumpkin, also by far the longest story), they were a bit above his head, poor thing. I suppose he might get more out of it if he was a couple of years older ...
Humor that my preschoolers understand and enjoy. They like Morris and Amelia Bedelia, but they don't always catch the humor. This book had them laughing out loud, looking at me with slant glances to see if I shared their sentiment. I appreciated the author's note on the sources for her silly stories. Very nice.
These simple tales detail the Brown family doing silly things- like swimming in an empty pool. They're not the brightest, but they're enjoying themselves.
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Alvin Schwartz was born April 25, 1927.Schwartz began his career as a journalist, but, after the publication of his bestselling book A Twister of Twists, a Tangler of Tongues, he devoted himself to becoming a collector and arranger of folk wisdom, rhyme, and silliness. Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore show more for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. Schwatz is best known for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, which featured gruesome, nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. The series was America's most frequently challenged book (or book series) for library inclusion of 1990-1999. Alvin Schwartz died in Princeton, New Jersey on March 14, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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I Can Read! (Level 1)
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