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The Aunts Go Marching

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My first Caldecott contender! This is a beautifully illustrated book. It's quite clever, as the aunts go marching into town (hurrah hurrah). They march in time with umbrellas held high. It's a simple text, but the aunts vs. ants is a wonderful twist. I love this book.

A small pun - a humorous play on the words "ant" and "aunt" - becomes a fun, counting, sing-along story when applied to the familiar "The Ants Go Marching" song. The book begins with an adorable little girl dressed in a bright yellow slicker and matching hat with a matching drum. Poised at the top of a stoop with her an elderly aunt and her puppy, the cheerful girl begins to play her drum as it starts raining. The three "go marching one by one" down the neighborhood. Other "aunts" continue to join in as the group switches to "marching two by two," then "three by three" and so on until they reach the end with "ten by ten." By then, they have become an army of merry "aunts" with umbrellas in pouring rain. Only slight changes are made in the familiar and repetitive verse of the original song so the book is ideal for preschoolers. Combined with Manning's engaging illustrations, this is an irresistible picture book. The only glitch is a minor one, easily overlooked: The little girl performs all of the activities attributed in the text to an "aunt." Highly recommended for ages 3 to 8.

This was a great gift from all of the aunts to our new twin nieces. it is a very sweet book.

In Maurie Manning's charming picturebook story The Aunts Go Marching,, a young girl marches through falling rain beating a drum, which draws a battalion of aunts into the street behind her. An unusual counting song which leads to a parade and some zany rainy day results ensues.

My children have all loved this book. The illustration is wonderful, very well done. The text is fun to read and well written to flow with the song. We sing it as we read and those kids love it! This is by far the favorite, it is the one they will bring to us first to read. Now with toddler #5, the other kids are old enough to read to him and they love to sing and read it to their little brother.
It's a joy for the reader and hearer. Love it!
Definately one of our "classics" we will always keep around.

I'm a grandma who checked this out at the library. It was a surprising hit around here from crochety old grandpooh to the grandkid we can be heard at the oddest of times saying "Rat a tat tat, rat a tat tat, barump barump barump"

We bought this book for my 2 year old niece for Christmas. Being a new aunt and uncle we bought a couple of 'aunt' and 'uncle' themed books and I have to say there were not the hit we thought they would be. Unfortunately, this book gets hidden in the bookcase and I have yet to hear anything about it. On the other hand, we gave my niece some great touch and feel books (also from the amazon marketplace) that she absolutely adores. My suggestion, skip this one and go for something more enticing and interactive.