Watch Out for Banana Peels and Other Sesame Street Safety Tips (Pictureback(R)) [Paperback]

Sarah Albee (Author), Tom Brannon (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 2000 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Pictureback(R)

Be sure to buckle up--especially in outer space! Officer Grover and Safety Deputy Elmo share important safety tips. Whether in the house or far away from home, Grover and Elmo know how to stay safe. By the end of the story, readers will be ready for their own safety deputy stars!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (January 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037580482X
• ISBN-13: 978-0375804823
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,553,169 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sarah Albee writes children's books for many age groups and under a number of pseudonyms. She has had three of her books appear on the New York Times Bestseller list. Before she began her career as a children's book writer and editor, Sarah was a newspaper cartoonist and a semi-professional basketball player. These days she lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book About Safety, July 10, 2007

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This review is from: Watch Out for Banana Peels and Other Sesame Street Safety Tips (Pictureback(R)) (Paperback)

If you've watched Sesame Street, then you're no doubt familiar with the hilarious furry blue monster named Grover. In this book, Officer Grover and Deputy Elmo teach kids about safety using safety tips. Some are hilarious, like Safety Tip #1: "Be careful turning the pages of a book so you don't get a paper cut", but most are real-life safety issues that kids need to know about.

If you're a homeschooler like me, your state may require you to teach your children about personal safety, so this is a great book for that class. Even if your kids are in public school, Watch Out for Banana Peels provides important information for staying safe.

This book covers wearing safety gear while riding bikes or skating, as well as never pet a strange dog, be careful when you cross the street, clean up toys, buckling up in the car and much more. There are very funny sight gags and asides (such as "Never meatloaf sandwich near a pack of wolves"), but each are in conjunction with common sense tips for personal safety.

Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for teaching and remembering safety tips!, November 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Watch Out for Banana Peels and Other Sesame Street Safety Tips (Pictureback(R)) (Paperback)

I bought this for my four year old daughter and this is one of her favorites that she wants to always read....it's great because it includes her favorite characters from Sesame Street in a fun format and the safety tips have really sunk in as I've heard her repeating the safety tips here and there (like in the car while driving and she sees a stray dog). It's good because she remembers it because of the funny pictures that she always gets a good laugh from. It's very good for teaching safety tips!