The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's [Paperback]

Shirley Neitzel (Author), Nancy Winslow Parker (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

"A familiar story of differing viewpoints between mother and child is presented in charmingly simple cumulative verse and rebuses. A young boy is packing for a trip to visit his grandmother. He fills a shopping bag with his mitt, cars, space ship, wooden animals, his favorite stuffed rabbit, his pillow, a book a flashlight. But then along comes mom with ideas of her own!....This is a real winner....Great fun."--School Library Journal.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1?A familiar story of differing viewpoints between mother and child is presented in charmingly simple cumulative verse and rebuses. A young boy is packing for a trip to visit his grandmother. He fills a shopping bag with his mitt, cars, space ship, wooden animals, his favorite stuffed rabbit, his pillow, a book, a flashlight. But then along comes mom with ideas of her own! Each object that he decides to take is introduced with a full-page illustration done in watercolor and colored pencil. Then, as it is added to the items "that I'll pack in the bag I'm taking to Grandma's," the book takes a rebus format, so beginning readers will soon be able to "tell" the story as it goes along. Children will identify with the boy, as parents will relate to the mother. This is a real winner that will be great fun for story times, as well as for one-on-one sharing.?Beth Irish, Orange Public Library, CA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Ages 3^-7. The clear, deceptively bland pictures add a witty reversal to a simple cumulative rhyme. Full-page illustrations in line, watercolor, and colored pencil show a boy in jeans and baseball cap packing a bag to take to Grandma's. One by one, he puts in his baseball mitt, all his cars, his space shuttle, animals, cuddly bunny, pillow, book, and flashlight. His bossy mother tells him that the bursting bag's much too heavy, that he doesn't need all that stuff, and she empties it out, with a comment on each object. But he beats her at her own game. The story's told in rebus style, with occasional small pictures in the text, so kids can read along and say the words. They'll enjoy seeing how the boy gets his way. Hazel Rochman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1st Mulberry Ed edition (April 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688158404
• ISBN-13: 978-0688158408
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #38 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Literature > Poetry > General
  • #39 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Short Stories > Anthologies
  • #39 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Baby-3 > Nursery Rhymes > General

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book makes my 5 year-old laugh and laugh and laugh!, November 15, 1999

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This review is from: The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's (Paperback)

I know this book can be a great help in reading readiness, but we haven't really noticed that yet - we have had too much fun just reading it. The deadpan illustrations are also perfect.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality story for early readers, May 6, 2002

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The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's is written at a kindergarten-second grade reading level. The first half of the book progresses in the soothing cadence of repeating rhymning lines, like in "The House That Jack Built". Pictures of the items being packed are included in the sentences (instead of the words for the item), which may take adults time to adjust to, but it makes reading easier for children. Preschoolers will love to hear this story as a read aloud and will love "reading" the picture clues with you. The second half of the story continues as mom clarifies what really needs to be packed for grandma's house. Any parent who has had a child pack too many toys and no clothes or toothbrush in an overnight bag will laugh at this delightful tale! This story is a quality story for early readers and their preschool siblings.

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful book, December 7, 2011

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My five-year-old grandson immediately sat close to me the moment I opened the book and never left my side until I finished reading. The illustrations are perfect, and the cumulative storyline grabbed his attention. Very appropriate for his age!