The Eye Book (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) [Board book]

Theo. LeSieg (Author), Joe Mathieu (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Bright & Early Board Books(TM)

Our eyes see flies. Our eyes see ants. Sometimes they see pink underpants.
Oh, say can you see? Dr. Seuss’s hilarious ode to eyes gives little ones a whole new appreciation for all the wonderful things to be seen!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"My eyes see. His eyes see. I see him. And he sees me." With text as simple as simple can be, Theo. LeSieg (a.k.a. Theodore Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) uses humor and rhythm to encourage the very youngest children to discover the joy of reading. A big-eyed boy and a pink-eyed rabbit cavort through the book, seeing everything there is to see: a girl, a horse, an old tin can, the sun, the moon--even pink underpants (which makes them both blush). Rhyming objects give the brief "story" a lilting, happy cadence, and Joe Mathieu's cartoonish colorful pictures provide easy clues to the text. This is a friendly introduction to the wide, wondrous world of seeing and reading.

An offspring of the world-famous Beginner Books, Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners are designed for an even younger age group. Even preschoolers will be inspired to learn to read with these witty, appealing picture books. (Ages 2 to 5) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Our eyes see flies. Our eyes see ants. Sometimes they see pink underpants.
Oh, say can you see? Dr. Seuss's hilarious ode to eyes gives little ones a whole new appreciation for all the wonderful things to be seen!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 24 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (November 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375812407
• ISBN-13: 978-0375812408
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.6 x 5.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important Concepts, Beautiful Illustrations and Gentle Humor, February 10, 2001

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This review is from: The Eye Book (Bright & Early Books(R)) (Hardcover)

If you liked Dr. Seuss's The Tooth Book, you will find this book equally rewarding.

In The Eye Book, Dr. Seuss explores the concept of what vision is, who has it, and why it's important. At the same time, he has created a book with an extremely small number of words (almost all of one syllable) and maximum amount of repetition to make memorizing and learning to read the book as simple as possible.

A handsome blue-eyed boy begins,

"Eye

Eyes

My eyes

My eyes"

He then points to a pink-eyed, friendly-looking rabbit, and says,

"His eyes

His eyes"

With a picture of the boy winking, the boy says,

"Wink eye

Wink eye"

With a picture of the rabbit, the boy says,

"Pink eye

Pink eye"

Then you move into the concept of what vision is -- seeing and being seen.

"My eyes see.

His eyes see.

I see him.

And he sees me."

The connection between humans and animals is nicely built from there. This will help your child to understand that we have many things in common with animals. Knowing that can lead to lots of empathic play and developing a more sensitive adult. Be prepared for your child to want a pet rabbit, though.

The book then uses the idea of seeing to add simple words, along with their images in order to help with word decoding. The words introduced include blue, red, bird, bed, sun, moon, fork, knife, spoon, girl, man, boy, horse, tin can, holes, poles, trees, clocks, bees, rocks, flies, ants, pink, underpants, rings, strings, rain, pie, dogs, and airplanes.

"Hooray for eyes!"

You can also use this book to establish an interest in flash cards. After reading the book, you can use some flash cards that combine a picture with the letters. Based on my experience with children learning to read, you can accelerate progress quite a lot of you can develop such a diving board for being interested in flash cards for vocabulary. Try to find some with colorful illustrations!

The illustrations emphasize large heads and enormous eyes of the sort that I associate with the Walt Disney cartoon drawings of Alice in Wonderland. Everything seems simple, young, and childlike which will make the book more accessible to your child.

After you both have the book memorized, I suggest that you play games while riding in the car to identify animals and the color eyes they have. This will help make your child more observant, which is helpful for reading development as well.

See the potential all around you . . . and be aware that you are being looked at too! What can be seen about you?

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Seuss Does It Again!, May 3, 2000

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This review is from: The Eye Book (Bright & Early Books(R)) (Hardcover)

This book is a great way to get young children interested in reading. The sentences are short. "My eyes My Eyes, His eyes His eyes" is just an example of the text. The book helps to identify the names of basic items, like trees or aminals. However, I like the 1968 version of The Eye Book better. The text is the same, but the illustrations are not so modernized. They are classic Seuss. The 1968 version is authored by Theo. LeSieg (Ted Geisel backwards!). Either version is a welcome addition to any Dr. Seuss collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Family Favorite, February 10, 2005

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This review is from: The Eye Book (Bright & Early Books(R)) (Hardcover)

At first, I didn't think this book would be a real winner with my little one. But you just never know, huh? This "Eye" book, written by Dr. Seuss, is read nightly, with all the funny things that eyes can do and see, it proves to be quite interesting. The pink underpants definitely brings some giggles too! It's a pretty short book, one that can be easily memorized by toddlers. The book takes you on a tour of the various things that you can see with your eyes. The boy and the rabbit do everything from looking down holes to looking at the moon. It's quite cute but very basic so if you're looking for something for an older child, I'd pass on this one. The age limit is definitely true as stated above: 2-5.