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Smelly Socks (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Review

Gosh, I love his books. Inexpensive, short, and they make no pretense of "moralizing" or "educating" at all - no Aesops, no phonics, none of that, just good old-fashioned storytelling.

Tina needs new socks. (Note - given that this book is dedicated to a Tina who lives on Hay River Dene Reserve, I'm going to assume that, like that Tina, the Tina in this book is probably First Nations as well, and in this world of picture books it's always nice to see some diversity.) And not boring black socks - AWESOME SOCKS.

So she asks her mother to take her to the shop store, but the bridge is a long way away and, uh, no. So she asks her grandfather and rows there. (With maybe a little help.) And hey - awesome rainbow socks! She's never gonna take them off! (Do you know a kid like that? One favorite shirt and god help you if you suggest that maybe it might survive a trip through the washer? Yeah, this is something like that.)

Her mother is very understanding, even when birds are literally falling out of the sky around her (Martchenko's illustrations, as always, are top notch and this book is worth getting for those alone), but her friends are less so and go scrub her socks in the river. (Even down the river, people, we're told, asked "Why does it smell like dirty socks?") And she learns a valuable lesson - "If I wait long enough, other people will wash my clothes for me." (The closing illustrations indicates she unlearned this lesson the hard way. Sure hope she can swim!)

It's super funny, very exaggerated and over the top, great to read. You're bound to have a lot of fun with it :)

Smelly Socks (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Overview

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Tina loves her brand-new socks so much that she's never going to take them off. But when her wonderful socks start to get smelly, her friends have to take action. Full color.

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Customer Reviews

Catchy, Interesting, Funny story - Mother - Fremont, CA USA
I happened to order this book from my son's schoolastic book orders.
My 3 (Now 5) and 7 (Now 9) year old kids have been enjoying listening to this story over and over since last couple of years.
This story is very nicely illustrated. The author indede has studied children's mind.
The ending also puts a big smile on my daughter's face.
Very light...funny..story. Very expressive pictures also play major roll in the story.
My doughter enjoy watching Tina (the character)of the story and her experssions in the book.

Great Buy! - Jessica Chiarella - Brick, NJ
My daughter has had me read her this book over and over. The illustrations are cute and funny

THE CUTEST FUNNY STORY FOR KIDS - tuufulhundin - Henderson, NV, USA
JUST GET IT, ITS GEAT I READ IT TO MY 7 YEAR OLD AND USE IT AT MY PRESCHOOL AS WELL AT NAP TIME SO THEY LIE DOWN AND START TO USE THIER IMAGINATION!

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Thursday, September 2, 2010