The Little Scarecrow Boy

(easy) Little Scarecrow boy wants to emulate his scarecrow father and grow up to be the most fierce scarecrow boy in all the cornfields, every day of the world! His father thinks that he still needs to stay home and grow. How can scarecrow boy convince his father that he is ready? I find that the more MWB books I read, the more I am convinced that her text only tell half the story. The illustrations that accompany her text in this book are just beautiful, yet frightening at the same time. I am not sure if her words would have conveyed the same emotion without the accompanying pictures. I was a bit concerned if the pictures would be too scary for my young boys, as I thought they were a bit freaky (and believe me, with my taste for the show more macabre, it takes quite a bit to freak me out)! The boys actually perked up a bit and their interest was tweaked during the crow and little scarecrow boy face off. They were both repelled but yet couldn't look away. At the end , they ended up in giggles. For fun, we practiced fierce scarecrow faces together. show less

I don't know why we checked this book out again this year. The only good thing about this book is the vibrant illustrations.
My problem is as follows: Every day, a little scarecrow boy wants to go out into the fields with his father to scare crows, but every day his father holds firm, NO, the boy is too young to go out in the field. Well, one day the little boy blatantly disobeys his father and sneaks out of the house to attempt to achieve his goals in the field. When he IS able to scare a crow his father finds him in the field and not only does he not punish him for his disobedience or alert him to the dangers of running away, he PRAISES him for his accomplishment.
When we have read this book, we have actually spent more time AFTER it's show more read discussing why the scarecrow should not have run away and what could happen to children who do that sort of thing.
NOTE TO SELF: do not check this one out.
A big disappointment from an otherwise lovely author. show less

I had never heard of this book before until I found it in a classroom one day. This is a great book to read during fall or even right before Halloween. It is about a little scarecrow who wants to be just like his dad and be a big and strong, scary scarecrow. He wants to go out to the fields with his dad but his dad tells him that he is too young and not ready yet. The little boy wants to prove him wrong so he goes out into the fields by himself and has a lot of trouble scaring the crows off because it's harder than it looks. Finally he does scare them away and his dad is very proud of him.

Reading this book again as an adult reminded me how odd I found this story to be as a child. I think this book is alright. The faces that the scarecrows make to scare the crows are illustrated in the story, and I think they could either be seen as hilarious or terrifying. The idea of a scarecrow family is a very unique concept, so I really liked how creative the story is. One thing I also liked what the repetition of the poem: "No, little boy. / You can't go. / You're not fierce enough / to scare a crow. / Wait til you grow." Since the father repeated this poem each time he asked, the scarecrow boy was clearly motivated to do his best when his father taught him the six faces he should make while scaring crows. The big idea of this book show more is if you work hard you will be the best you can be. This is exhibited when the scarecrow boy goes out and uses his faces and scares a crow after practicing with his father many times beforehand. show less

The Little Scarecrow Boy is a story of patience and trust. His father tells him that he is not ready, but he doesn't believe him and goes along alone anyway. I think that this teaches readers to trust their parents or role models. Had the boy been patient, he would not have gotten stuck in a scary situation.

This is a cute book about a little scarecrow boy that wants to do exactly what his father does, scare crows. He decides to run away one day to try and make the six faces that he has seen his father do, over time he realizes that he can't scare the crows away. Finally he does the sixth face, and all the crows fly away, behind him is his father. It's a good story that can be interpreted to help students believe in themselves.

Genre of this book is fantasy because its about a scarecrow that talks Summary- Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the field. I liked this book because first off it was cute and second it had a good message at the end that you would want kids to understand. The little scarecrow never gave up and he achieved his goal which is appropriate for elementary school students.